Building Products (Safety) Act 2017
53Compensation
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53 Compensation
53 Compensation
(1) The Secretary must compensate all interested parties for damage caused by an authorised officer in exercising a power to enter premises, or a power to break open or otherwise access a thing for the purposes of examination or inspection, but not any damage caused by the exercise of any other power.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the occupier obstructed or hindered the authorised officer in the exercise of the power concerned.