Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Act 2005
sec.203Notice of damage
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sec.203 Notice of damage
This section applies if— an investigator damages property when exercising or purporting to exercise a power; or a person (the other person ) acting under the direction of an investigator damages property. The investigator must immediately give notice of particulars of the damage to a person who appears to the investigator to be an owner of the property. If the investigator believes the damage was caused by a latent defect in the property or circumstances beyond the investigator’s or other person’s control, the investigator may state the belief in the notice. If, for any reason, it is impracticable to comply with subsection (2) , the investigator must leave the notice in a conspicuous position and in a reasonably secure way where the damage happened. This section does not apply to damage the investigator reasonably believes is trivial. In subsection (2) — owner , of property, includes a person in possession or control of it. (sec.203-ssec.1) This section applies if— an investigator damages property when exercising or purporting to exercise a power; or a person (the other person ) acting under the direction of an investigator damages property. (sec.203-ssec.2) The investigator must immediately give notice of particulars of the damage to a person who appears to the investigator to be an owner of the property. (sec.203-ssec.3) If the investigator believes the damage was caused by a latent defect in the property or circumstances beyond the investigator’s or other person’s control, the investigator may state the belief in the notice. (sec.203-ssec.4) If, for any reason, it is impracticable to comply with subsection (2) , the investigator must leave the notice in a conspicuous position and in a reasonably secure way where the damage happened. (sec.203-ssec.5) This section does not apply to damage the investigator reasonably believes is trivial. (sec.203-ssec.6) In subsection (2) — owner , of property, includes a person in possession or control of it.
- (a) an investigator damages property when exercising or purporting to exercise a power; or
- (b) a person (the other person ) acting under the direction of an investigator damages property.