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Environment Protection Act 2019
162Powers of environmental officers: purposes
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162 Powers of environmental officers: purposes
(1) An environmental officer may do anything or cause anything to be
done or take any action the environmental officer believes on
reasonable grounds is necessary for the purpose of exercising a
power or performing a function under this Act.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), an environmental officer may
exercise the powers set out in this Division for the following
purposes:
(a) to monitor compliance with this Act;
(b) to investigate a suspected contravention of this Act.
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