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South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009
sec.53CZGeneral powers after entry
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### sec.53CZ General powers after entry
The discharge officer may do all or any of the following—
search any part of the place;
inspect, measure, test, photograph or film any part of the place or anything at the place;
take a thing, or a sample of or from a thing, at the place for analysis or testing;
copy a document at the place or take the document to another place to copy it;
take into or onto the place any person, equipment and materials the discharge officer reasonably requires for the exercise of a power under this part;
require a person at the place to give the discharge officer reasonable help to exercise the officer’s powers under paragraphs (a) to (e) ;
require a person at the place to give the discharge officer information to help the officer find out whether this Act and the Water Supply Act is being or has been complied with.
When making a requirement under subsection (1) (f) , the discharge officer must warn the person it is an offence to fail to comply with the requirement unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
If a discharge officer takes a document from a place to copy it, the document must be copied as soon as practicable and returned to the place.
s 53CZ ins 2010 No. 20 s 9
amd 2011 No. 31 s 370
(sec.53CZ-ssec.1) The discharge officer may do all or any of the following— search any part of the place; inspect, measure, test, photograph or film any part of the place or anything at the place; take a thing, or a sample of or from a thing, at the place for analysis or testing; copy a document at the place or take the document to another place to copy it; take into or onto the place any person, equipment and materials the discharge officer reasonably requires for the exercise of a power under this part; require a person at the place to give the discharge officer reasonable help to exercise the officer’s powers under paragraphs (a) to (e) ; require a person at the place to give the discharge officer information to help the officer find out whether this Act and the Water Supply Act is being or has been complied with.
(sec.53CZ-ssec.2) When making a requirement under subsection (1) (f) , the discharge officer must warn the person it is an offence to fail to comply with the requirement unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
(sec.53CZ-ssec.3) If a discharge officer takes a document from a place to copy it, the document must be copied as soon as practicable and returned to the place.
- (a) search any part of the place;
- (b) inspect, measure, test, photograph or film any part of the place or anything at the place;
- (c) take a thing, or a sample of or from a thing, at the place for analysis or testing;
- (d) copy a document at the place or take the document to another place to copy it;
- (e) take into or onto the place any person, equipment and materials the discharge officer reasonably requires for the exercise of a power under this part;
- (f) require a person at the place to give the discharge officer reasonable help to exercise the officer’s powers under paragraphs (a) to (e) ;
- (g) require a person at the place to give the discharge officer information to help the officer find out whether this Act and the Water Supply Act is being or has been complied with.