DANGEROUS GOODS ACT 1985 - SECT 13 Power to enter places

DANGEROUS GOODS ACT 1985 - SECT 13

    (1)     At any reasonable time (whether it is day or night), an inspector may enter a place at or in which the inspector reasonably believes there is or are—

        (a)     dangerous goods; or

        (b)     any container, equipment, fittings, piping, appliance or other thing that is being, has been, or is likely to be, used—

              (i)     for, or in connection with, the manufacture, supply, transfer, storage, transport, sale or use of dangerous goods; or

              (ii)     for the import into Victoria of explosives.

Notes

1     Place is defined in section 3 as including a vehicle, ship or boat.

2     The powers conferred by this section are limited in respect of a part of a place that is used only for residential purposes (see section 16).

    (2)     Without limiting subsection (1), it is a reasonable time to enter a place if the inspector reasonably believes that there is an immediate risk to the health or safety of a person at the place as a result of the presence of dangerous goods, or of any thing described in subsection (1)(b), that the inspector reasonably believes to be at or in the place.

S. 13A inserted by No. 31/2005 s. 9.