LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 545 Power to enter places

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 545

545 Power to enter places

(1) An investigator may enter a place if—

(a) its occupier consents to the entry; or

(b) it is a public place and the entry is made when it is open to the public; or

(c) the entry is authorised by a warrant; or

(d) it is a place of business where an Australian lawyer is generally engaged in legal practice, other than a residence, and the place is open for carrying on business or otherwise open for entry; or

(e) it is a place of business where a person purports to be engaged in legal practice, or represents or advertises a legal practice operates, and the place is open for carrying on business or otherwise open for entry; or

(f) the investigator reasonably suspects, because of representations or advertisements about business conducted at the place, that a person may be engaging in legal practice at the place and the place is open for carrying on business or otherwise open for entry.

(2) For the purpose of asking the occupier of a place for consent to enter, an investigator may, without the occupier’s consent or a warrant—

(a) enter land around premises at the place to an extent that is reasonable to contact the occupier; or

(b) enter part of the place the investigator reasonably considers members of the public ordinarily are allowed to enter when they wish to contact the occupier.

(3) In this section—


"place of business" —

(a) includes a place where a government legal officer is generally engaged in government work; but

(b) does not include any part of the place where a person resides.