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Building Act 1993
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162 Access to buildings and land
(1) The Minister may appoint persons or classes of persons to be
authorised officers.
(2) Subject to section 163(1), a police officer or an authorised officer
may, at all reasonable times, for the purpose of performing a
function or exercising a power of the police officer or of a building
certifier or other person under this Act, or for the purpose of
performing a function or exercising the powers of an authorised
officer under section 164, enter any land, building, place or
temporary structure if the officer has reasonable grounds to believe
that it is necessary to do so for that purpose.
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