88Entry and inspection of land and waters

88 Entry and inspection of land and waters

(1)  For the purpose of this Act, an officer may at any reasonable time –

(a) enter into and pass through land; and

(b) enter into and pass through or along the banks or borders of any State waters or inland waters; and

(c) enter into and examine any reservoir, sluice, millpool, millrace, dam, fish-pass, watercourse and channel; and

(d) enter into and inspect any land or premises to ascertain if this Act or the conditions of any licence or registration under this Act are being complied with; and

(e) enter any premises where records are required to be kept and inspect those records.

(2)  An officer, without a warrant, must not enter –

(a) a garden enclosed with a wall or fence; or

(b) a dwelling house; or

(c) a curtilage of a dwelling house.

(3)  Subsection (2) (a) and (c) does not apply if the ordinary passage of any waters is through the garden or curtilage.