Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if--
(a) an investigator damages property when exercising or purporting to exercise a power; or
(b) a person (the other person) acting under the direction of an investigator damages property.
(2) The investigator must, as soon as practicable, give written notice of particulars of the damage to a person who appears to the investigator to be an owner of the property.
(3) If the investigator believes the damage was caused by a latent defect in the property or circumstances beyond the investigator's or other person's control, the investigator may state the belief in the notice.
(4) If, for any reason, it is impracticable to comply with subsection (2), the investigator must leave the notice in a conspicuous position and in a reasonably secure way where the damage happened.
(5) This section does not apply to damage the investigator reasonably believes is trivial.
(6) In this section--
owner, of property, includes the person in possession or control of it.