Racing Integrity Act 2016
sec.154General power to enter places
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sec.154 General power to enter places
An authorised officer may enter a place if— an occupier of the place consents under division 2 to the entry and section 161 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 169 has been complied with for the occupier; or it is a place of business and the entry is made when the place is— open for carrying on activities for which the place is a place of business; or otherwise open for entry; or the entry is authorised under section 155 , 156 , 157 or 158 . For subsection (1) (d) and (e) , entry to a place does not include entry to a part of a place where a person resides. 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of the place consented to the entry, the power is subject to any conditions of the consent and ceases if the consent is withdrawn.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. The consent may provide consent for re-entry and is subject to the conditions of consent. If the power to re-enter is under a warrant, the re-entry is subject to the terms of the warrant. In this section— place of business means either of the following places— a place used by a control body to conduct activities in relation to managing any of its codes of racing; a place used by a licence holder to conduct activities for which the licence holder is licensed or otherwise holds the licence, including a place that is an approved place for an offcourse approval held by a racing bookmaker. (sec.154-ssec.1) An authorised officer may enter a place if— an occupier of the place consents under division 2 to the entry and section 161 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 169 has been complied with for the occupier; or it is a place of business and the entry is made when the place is— open for carrying on activities for which the place is a place of business; or otherwise open for entry; or the entry is authorised under section 155 , 156 , 157 or 158 . (sec.154-ssec.2) For subsection (1) (d) and (e) , entry to a place does not include entry to a part of a place where a person resides. (sec.154-ssec.3) 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.154-ssec.4) If the power to enter is under a warrant, the power is subject to the terms of the warrant. (sec.154-ssec.5) The consent may provide consent for re-entry and is subject to the conditions of consent. (sec.154-ssec.6) If the power to re-enter is under a warrant, the re-entry is subject to the terms of the warrant. (sec.154-ssec.7) In this section— place of business means either of the following places— a place used by a control body to conduct activities in relation to managing any of its codes of racing; a place used by a licence holder to conduct activities for which the licence holder is licensed or otherwise holds the licence, including a place that is an approved place for an offcourse approval held by a racing bookmaker.