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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.767General powers for seized things
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### sec.767 General powers for seized things
Having seized a thing under this part, an inspector or authorised officer may do 1 or more of the following—
move it from the place where it was seized;
leave it at the place but take reasonable action to restrict access to it;
brand, mark, seal, tag or otherwise identify it to show access to it is restricted
sealing the entrance to a room where the thing is situated and marking it to show access to it is restricted
for equipment—make it inoperable.
dismantling equipment or removing a component of equipment without which the equipment is not capable of being used
- (a) move it from the place where it was seized;
- (b) leave it at the place but take reasonable action to restrict access to it; Examples of restricting access to a thing— 1 brand, mark, seal, tag or otherwise identify it to show access to it is restricted 2 sealing the entrance to a room where the thing is situated and marking it to show access to it is restricted
- 1 brand, mark, seal, tag or otherwise identify it to show access to it is restricted
- 2 sealing the entrance to a room where the thing is situated and marking it to show access to it is restricted
- (c) for equipment—make it inoperable. Example of making equipment inoperable— dismantling equipment or removing a component of equipment without which the equipment is not capable of being used
- 1 brand, mark, seal, tag or otherwise identify it to show access to it is restricted
- 2 sealing the entrance to a room where the thing is situated and marking it to show access to it is restricted