57Entry without consent or warrant

57 Entry without consent or warrant

(1) An authorised officer may take any action which is necessary to find out whether the provisions of—

(a) this Act; or

(b) the regulations; or

(c) any Orders in Council made under this Act; or

S. 57(1)(d) amended by No. 28/2019 s. 29(2).

(d) a habitat conservation order; or

(e) a licence or permit given under this Act; or

(f) a public authority management agreement; or

(g) a land management co-operative agreement entered into under the Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987 for the purposes of this Act; or

(h) any Codes of Practice approved under the Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987 for the purposes of this Act—

are being complied with.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) an authorised officer may—

(a) at any reasonable time and by any reasonable means and with that assistance which the authorised officer requires enter land, buildings not occupied as places of residence or vehicles; or

(b) search any land, buildings not occupied as places of residence or vehicles; or

S. 57(2)(c) repealed by No. 28/2019 s. 29(3).

(d) inspect equipment, machinery, implements, plants, animals, enclosures or other goods; or

(e) require a moving vehicle to be stopped; or

(f) ask questions; or

S. 57(2)(g) substituted by No. 28/2019 s. 29(4).

(g) seize any thing (including a document) found at the land, building or vehicle if the authorised officer believes on reasonable grounds that it is necessary to seize the thing in order to prevent—

(i) its concealment, loss or destruction; or

(ii) its use in the contravention of this Act or an instrument referred to in subsection (1); or

S. 57(2)(h) substituted by No. 28/2019 s. 29(5).

(h) without payment, take or require a person, who is the landholder of the land or is apparently in charge of the building or vehicle (as the case requires), to give to the authorised officer samples of any thing in respect of which the authorised officer suspects that there has been a contravention of this Act or an instrument referred to in subsection (1) that is found at the land, building or vehicle; or

(i) require a person to produce a document which the officer believes on reasonable grounds relates to, or may contain evidence of an offence under this Act or the regulations; or

S. 57(2)(ia) inserted by No. 28/2019 s. 29(6).

(ia) examine, take copies of, or take extracts from, documents that are seized by or produced to the authorised officer; or