sec.54Powers etc. of inspectors and others on thoroughfares

### sec.54 Powers etc. of inspectors and others on thoroughfares Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or of any by-law or other decision made by the primary thoroughfare body corporate or the principal body corporate, any inspector or officer employed by the Crown or a statutory body (including the local government) or any other person authorised by a statutory body may enter and be upon any part of the primary thoroughfare or the secondary thoroughfare for the purpose of exercising powers or authorities or performing functions or duties as such inspector, officer or other person. In respect of the primary thoroughfare and the secondary thoroughfare, the inspector, officer or other person, in addition to any powers, authorities, functions and duties vested in the person by or under this or any other Act or law, shall have such powers, authorities, functions and duties that the person would have under any Act or law if the primary thoroughfare and the secondary thoroughfare was a public place. A person shall not obstruct the inspector, officer or other person, in his or her access to any part of the primary thoroughfare or of the secondary thoroughfare as provided in subsection (1) . Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. s 54 amd 1987 No. 91 s 23 ; 2000 No. 5 s 373 sch 2 ; 2009 No. 26 s 59 sch (sec.54-ssec.1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or of any by-law or other decision made by the primary thoroughfare body corporate or the principal body corporate, any inspector or officer employed by the Crown or a statutory body (including the local government) or any other person authorised by a statutory body may enter and be upon any part of the primary thoroughfare or the secondary thoroughfare for the purpose of exercising powers or authorities or performing functions or duties as such inspector, officer or other person. (sec.54-ssec.1A) In respect of the primary thoroughfare and the secondary thoroughfare, the inspector, officer or other person, in addition to any powers, authorities, functions and duties vested in the person by or under this or any other Act or law, shall have such powers, authorities, functions and duties that the person would have under any Act or law if the primary thoroughfare and the secondary thoroughfare was a public place. (sec.54-ssec.2) A person shall not obstruct the inspector, officer or other person, in his or her access to any part of the primary thoroughfare or of the secondary thoroughfare as provided in subsection (1) . Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.