LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGULATION 2012 - REG 87 Entering private property with notice

LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGULATION 2012 - REG 87

87 Entering private property with notice

(1) For the purpose of deciding an appeal relating to the categorisation of land, a Land Court representative may, after giving the occupier of a private property at least 14 days notice, enter the property, other than a home on the property.

(2) The notice must inform the occupier of—

(a) the Land Court representative’s intention to enter the property; and

(b) the reason for entering the property; and

(c) the day and time when the property is to be entered.

(3) The Land Court representative may enter the property under subsection (1) at any reasonable time of the day without the permission of the occupier.

(4) Also, as soon as the Land Court representative enters the property, the representative must inform an occupier of the property of the reason for entering the property.

(5) If there is no occupier of the property, this section applies as if a reference to the occupier of the property were a reference to an owner of the property.

(6) In this section—


"Land Court representative" means each of the following persons—

(a) a member of the Land Court;

(b) a person authorised in writing by a member of the Land Court for this section.