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Disaster Management Act 2003
sec.111Power to enter places
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### sec.111 Power to enter places
A person authorised under section 110 (2) may enter a place if the person is satisfied on reasonable grounds it is necessary to enter the place to avoid an imminent risk of death or injury of a person.
The person may enter the place, using reasonable force, without a warrant or the consent of the owner or occupier of the place.
However, if the occupier is present at the place, before entering the place, the person must do, or make a reasonable attempt to do, the following things—
tell the occupier the purpose of the entry;
seek the consent of the occupier to the entry;
tell the occupier the person is permitted under this Act to enter the place without the occupier’s consent.
Subsection (3) does not require the person to take a step that the person reasonably believes may frustrate or otherwise hinder the person’s ability to protect a person’s life or health.
(sec.111-ssec.1) A person authorised under section 110 (2) may enter a place if the person is satisfied on reasonable grounds it is necessary to enter the place to avoid an imminent risk of death or injury of a person.
(sec.111-ssec.2) The person may enter the place, using reasonable force, without a warrant or the consent of the owner or occupier of the place.
(sec.111-ssec.3) However, if the occupier is present at the place, before entering the place, the person must do, or make a reasonable attempt to do, the following things— tell the occupier the purpose of the entry; seek the consent of the occupier to the entry; tell the occupier the person is permitted under this Act to enter the place without the occupier’s consent.
(sec.111-ssec.4) Subsection (3) does not require the person to take a step that the person reasonably believes may frustrate or otherwise hinder the person’s ability to protect a person’s life or health.
- (a) tell the occupier the purpose of the entry;
- (b) seek the consent of the occupier to the entry;
- (c) tell the occupier the person is permitted under this Act to enter the place without the occupier’s consent.