Child Safe Organisations Act 2024
sec.73General power to enter places
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sec.73 General power to enter places
An authorised officer may enter a place if— an occupier at the place consents under division 2 to the entry and section 76 has been complied with for the occupier; or the place is a public place and the entry is made when the place is open to the public; or the entry is authorised under a warrant and, if there is an occupier of the place, section 83 has been complied with for the occupier; or the place is a business and is— open for carrying on the business; or otherwise open for entry. For subsection (1) (d) , a place of business does not include a part of the place where a person resides. If the power to enter arose only because an occupier of the place consented to the entry, the power is subject to any conditions of the consent and ceases if the consent is withdrawn. If the power to enter is under a warrant, the power is subject to the terms of the warrant. In this section— public place means a place, or part of a place— that the public is entitled to use, that is open to members of the public or that is used by the public, whether or not on payment of money; or a beach, a park, a road the occupier of which allows, whether or not on payment of money, members of the public to enter. a saleyard, a showground (sec.73-ssec.1) An authorised officer may enter a place if— an occupier at the place consents under division 2 to the entry and section 76 has been complied with for the occupier; or the place is a public place and the entry is made when the place is open to the public; or the entry is authorised under a warrant and, if there is an occupier of the place, section 83 has been complied with for the occupier; or the place is a business and is— open for carrying on the business; or otherwise open for entry. (sec.73-ssec.2) For subsection (1) (d) , a place of business does not include a part of the place where a person resides. (sec.73-ssec.3) If the power to enter arose only because an occupier of the place consented to the entry, the power is subject to any conditions of the consent and ceases if the consent is withdrawn. (sec.73-ssec.4) If the power to enter is under a warrant, the power is subject to the terms of the warrant. (sec.73-ssec.5) In this section— public place means a place, or part of a place— that the public is entitled to use, that is open to members of the public or that is used by the public, whether or not on payment of money; or a beach, a park, a road the occupier of which allows, whether or not on payment of money, members of the public to enter. a saleyard, a showground
- (a) an occupier at the place consents under division 2 to the entry and section 76 has been complied with for the occupier; or
- (b) the place is a public place and the entry is made when the place is open to the public; or
- (c) the entry is authorised under a warrant and, if there is an occupier of the place, section 83 has been complied with for the occupier; or