Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) For the purposes
of this Act or a relevant Act, a person authorised in writing by the
Corporation may —
(a)
enter into and upon any land without being liable to legal proceedings for or
on account of the entry; and
(b) put
to the owner, or an agent of the owner, or a person in occupation or in
apparent charge of the land such questions as are necessary to enable the
several particulars required to be ascertained to be compiled correctly,
in so far as may be
required to enable the information shown in the rating records relating to the
land to be confirmed or amended by the Corporation for the purposes of rates
or charges.
(2) A person who,
after being informed of the purpose of the questions and of the authorisation
of the person putting the questions, refuses or omits to answer the questions
or any of them to the best of his knowledge and belief, or who knowingly makes
a false answer or statement in reply to a question so put, commits an offence.
Penalty: $1 000.
[Section 68 inserted by No. 25 of 1985
s. 16; amended by No. 73 of 1995 s. 41.]