72Additional requirements where private grant recipient’s premises entered

72 Additional requirements where private grant recipient’s premises entered

(1)  An authorised officer may enter the premises of a private grant recipient only if the officer has made reasonable attempts to give at least 48 hours' prior notice to a person who resides at the premises.

(2)  Despite subsection (1) , an authorised officer is not required to make reasonable attempts to give at least 48 hours' prior notice, to a person who resides at the premises of a private grant recipient, if the officer is reasonably of the opinion that it is necessary to enter the premises without notice in order to ascertain whether –

(a) a person with disability is receiving the care and support that is necessary or desirable for the person's health and wellbeing; or

(b) a person with disability is safe.

(3)  An authorised officer may only enter the premises of a private grant recipient before 7 a.m., or after 7 p.m., if it is reasonably necessary to do so in order to ascertain whether –

(a) a person with disability is receiving, at the premises, or from a person who resides at the premises, the care and support that is necessary or desirable for the health and wellbeing of the person; or

(b) a person with disability is safe.

(4)  An authorised officer who enters the premises of a private grant recipient must as soon as is practicable tell a person on the premises, and any person with disability on the premises, the purposes for which the authorised officer has entered the premises.