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Local Government Act 2009
sec.150BIGeneral power to enter places
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### sec.150BI General power to enter places
An investigator may enter a place if—
an occupier at the place consents under subdivision 2 to the entry and section 150BL has been complied with for the occupier; or
it is a public place and the entry is made when the place is open to the public; or
the entry is authorised under a warrant and, if there is an occupier of the place, section 150BS has been complied with for the occupier.
If the power to enter arose only because an occupier of the place consented to the entry, the power is subject to any conditions of the consent and ceases if the consent is withdrawn.
If the power to enter is under a warrant, the power is subject to the terms of the warrant.
In this section—
public place means a place, or part of a place—
that the public is entitled to use, that is open to members of the public or that is used by the public, whether or not on payment of money; or
a beach, a park, a road
the occupier of which allows, whether or not on payment of money, members of the public to enter.
a saleyard, a showground
s 150BI ins 2018 No. 8 s 12
(sec.150BI-ssec.1) An investigator may enter a place if— an occupier at the place consents under subdivision 2 to the entry and section 150BL has been complied with for the occupier; or it is a public place and the entry is made when the place is open to the public; or the entry is authorised under a warrant and, if there is an occupier of the place, section 150BS has been complied with for the occupier.
(sec.150BI-ssec.2) If the power to enter arose only because an occupier of the place consented to the entry, the power is subject to any conditions of the consent and ceases if the consent is withdrawn.
(sec.150BI-ssec.3) If the power to enter is under a warrant, the power is subject to the terms of the warrant.
(sec.150BI-ssec.4) In this section— public place means a place, or part of a place— that the public is entitled to use, that is open to members of the public or that is used by the public, whether or not on payment of money; or a beach, a park, a road the occupier of which allows, whether or not on payment of money, members of the public to enter. a saleyard, a showground
- (a) an occupier at the place consents under subdivision 2 to the entry and section 150BL has been complied with for the occupier; or
- (b) it is a public place and the entry is made when the place is open to the public; or
- (c) the entry is authorised under a warrant and, if there is an occupier of the place, section 150BS has been complied with for the occupier.
- (a) that the public is entitled to use, that is open to members of the public or that is used by the public, whether or not on payment of money; or Examples of a place that may be a public place under paragraph (a) — a beach, a park, a road
- (b) the occupier of which allows, whether or not on payment of money, members of the public to enter. Examples of a place that may be a public place under paragraph (b) — a saleyard, a showground