PASTORAL LAND MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION ACT 1989 - SECT 61
PASTORAL LAND MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION ACT 1989 - SECT 61
(1) Subject to this
section, an authorised officer, a member of the Board, the Minister or any
other person authorised by the Minister for the purpose may, at any reasonable
time, exercise any of the following powers in relation to pastoral land:
(a)
enter the land;
(b)
carry out an inspection of the land;
(c) take
samples from the land;
(d) take
photographs;
(e)
carry out work authorised by the Board pursuant to this Act on the land.
(2) A person cannot
exercise powers under subsection (1) unless reasonable notice has been
given to the lessee, orally or in writing, but no such notice need be given in
the following circumstances:
(a)
where it is not practicable to do so; or
(b)
where the person believes on reasonable grounds that an offence has been, is
being or is about to be committed on the land, or that a breach of the
conditions of the pastoral lease has occurred or is occurring.
(3) An
authorised officer or person may seize any animals found trespassing on
pastoral land.
(4) Any such animals
will be impounded, sold or destroyed in accordance with policies determined by
the Minister.
(5) A person
exercising powers under this section may be accompanied by such assistants as
are reasonably necessary in the circumstances.
(6) An
authorised officer or other person must at the request of the lessee, or an
agent of the lessee, produce for the inspection of that person a certificate
or other proof of his or her authority to exercise the powers conferred by
this section.