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Environment Protection Act 2019
192BPower to enter land
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192B Power to enter land
(1) The following persons may enter land or premises specified in an
environment protection notice to comply with the environment
protection notice:
(a) the person to whom the environment protection notice is
issued or an employee of that person;
(b) a person engaged by the person to whom the environment
protection notice is issued to carry out works on the land or
premises (a contractor) or an employee of the contractor.
(2) The following persons may enter land or premises specified in an
environment protection notice to monitor the carrying out of the
works on the land or premises to which the environment protection
notice applies:
(a) a person engaged by the person to whom the environment
protection notice is issued to monitor the carrying out of the
works (a monitor) or an employee of the monitor;
(b) the CEO.
(3) A person permitted to enter land or premises under this section
may only enter:
(a) with the consent of the owner or occupier of the land; or
(b) if the person gives at least 10 business days prior written
notice to the owner or occupier of the land; or
(c) in an emergency, if there is a risk of environmental harm if
works are not carried out immediately.
(4) A person entering land or premises under subsection (3)(c) must:
(a) if possible, give oral notice of the entry to the owner or
occupier of the land as soon as possible before, on or after
that entry; and
(b) give written notice of the entry to the owner or occupier within
10 business days after that entry or the giving of the oral
notice, whichever occurs first.
(5) The notice under subsection (3)(b) or (4) must inform the owner or
occupier of the land of the matters prescribed by regulation.
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(6) Despite subsection (3), a person must not enter residential
premises under this section without the consent of the owner or
(7) The power of a person to enter land or premises under this section
may be exercised, despite:
(a) the land being, or the premises being on, Aboriginal land; and
(b) the person not holding a permit under the Aboriginal Land