Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts An authorised person
may, for the purpose of this Act —
(a)
muster, round up, yard, draft, or otherwise move or handle any animals, and
may require any person apparently in charge of the animals to render such
assistance as the authorised person may specify;
(b)
inspect and examine any agricultural produce, animal, plant, food, or other
substance;
(c) take
water and soil samples from any land that the authorised person believes has
been or would be likely to be used in the production of any agricultural
produce;
(d)
require a person having possession of any agricultural produce, animal, plant,
food, or other substance in respect of which a direction has been or could be
made under section 7 —
(i)
to state his name and address;
(ii)
to provide the name of any person from whom that
agricultural produce, animal, plant, food, or other substance was obtained and
of any person to whom any other agricultural produce, animal, plant, food, or
other substance of a like nature has to his knowledge been supplied;
(iii)
to provide such other information as the authorised
person may demand for the purposes of assisting him in the performance of his
functions and duties under this Act;
(e) do
anything required or permitted by regulations to be done in connection with,
or for the purposes of, the exercise of any power conferred by this Act.