31Enforcement powers

31 Enforcement powers

(1)  On a day specified in the notice under section 30(3)(a) , a police officer may do any one or more of the following to enforce a fortification removal order that is in effect in respect of a fortified premises:

(a) enter the fortified premises without a warrant;

(b) bring onto the premises any person, equipment or materials that are reasonably required to remove or modify the fortifications that the order requires to be removed or modified;

(c) do anything reasonably necessary, with or without the assistance of a person who is brought onto the premises under paragraph (b) , to –

(i) remove the fortifications that the order requires to be removed; and

(ii) modify, in the manner specified in the order, the fortifications that the order requires to be modified;

(d) leave and re-enter to the premises.

(2)  Before any police officer enters the fortified premises, at least one police officer must –

(a) announce that police officers are authorised to enter the premises and to enforce the fortification removal order; and

(b) state that he or she is a police officer; and

(c) state that it is an offence to obstruct or hinder the enforcement of the fortification removal order; and

(d) give anyone at the premises an opportunity to permit entry to the premises.

(3)  A police officer may use reasonable force –

(a) to gain entry in accordance with subsection (1) , if permission to enter the premises is not given; and

(b) to exercise any other power under subsection (1) .

(4)  A person who is brought onto the fortified premises by a police officer under subsection (1)(b) may also bring onto the premises any equipment or materials that are reasonably required to remove or modify the fortifications that the order requires to be removed or modified.