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Public Health Act 2005
sec.386Power to enter place to ascertain if public health risk
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### sec.386 Power to enter place to ascertain if public health risk
This section applies if an authorised person reasonably believes there may be a public health risk at a place.
The authorised person may, at reasonable times, enter the place to find out whether there is a public health risk at the place.
Subsection (2) does not allow entry to a building or other structure without the occupier’s consent, an enforcement order or a warrant.
The procedure for entry under this section is set out under section 392 .
(sec.386-ssec.1) This section applies if an authorised person reasonably believes there may be a public health risk at a place.
(sec.386-ssec.2) The authorised person may, at reasonable times, enter the place to find out whether there is a public health risk at the place.
(sec.386-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not allow entry to a building or other structure without the occupier’s consent, an enforcement order or a warrant.
(sec.386-ssec.4) The procedure for entry under this section is set out under section 392 .