21CPowers to enter premises and monitor compliance with control orders or interstate control orders

21C Powers to enter premises and monitor compliance with control orders or interstate control orders (1) If a POCTA inspector has been authorised under section 21A or 21B to monitor a person's compliance with a control order or an interstate control order, a POCTA inspector may, with any assistance that is necessary— (a) enter premises (other than any part of the premises that is a person's dwelling); and (b) search for an animal of a kind or class specified in the order; and (c) seize an animal in or on the premises of a kind or class specified in the order; and (d) retain possession of an animal seized under paragraph (c); and (e) examine an animal in or on the premises of a kind or class specified in the order; and (f) take samples from an animal in or on the premises of a kind or class specified in the order or any thing in or on the premises relating to a condition specified in the order; and (g) take and keep photographs or digital recordings of an animal in or on the premises of a kind or class specified in the order. (2) A POCTA inspector may not exercise a power under subsection (1) that is contrary to an order of a court. (3) If an occupier is present at premises where a power of entry is exercised by a POCTA inspector under this section, the inspector must— (a) give identification to the occupier by producing the inspector's identification certificate; and (b) inform the occupier of the purpose of the entry. (4) If a POCTA inspector exercises a power of entry under this section without the occupier being present, the officer must— (a) on leaving the premises, leave a notice setting out the following matters— (i) the time of entry; (ii) the purpose of entry; (iii) a description of all things done while on the premises; (iv) the time of departure; (v) the procedure for contacting the inspector for further details of the entry; and (b) post a copy of that notice— (i) to the owner of the premises, if the identity and address of the owner are known to the inspector; and (ii) to the occupier of the premises, if the identity and address of the occupier are known to the inspector. Division 2—Emergency powers to deal with animals S. 22 substituted by No. 65/2007 s. 95.