578Duty to minimise inconvenience or damage

578 Duty to minimise inconvenience or damage

578 Duty to minimise inconvenience or damage

(1) In exercising a power under this Law, an authorised officer must exercise reasonable diligence to cause as little inconvenience, and do as little damage, as possible.

(2) Subsection (1) does not provide for a statutory right of compensation other than as provided under Division 2.

Note—

Division 2 provides for compensation for costs, damage or loss incurred because of the exercise of a power by an authorised officer under this Chapter.

s 578: Am 2016 No 65, sec 92.