92Powers of authorized officers and council officers

92 Powers of authorized officers and council officers

(1)  Subject to this Division, an authorized officer or a council officer may –

(a) enter and inspect any place or vehicle for any reasonable purpose connected with the administration or enforcement of this Act; and

(b) with the authority of a warrant issued under this Division or in circumstances in which the officer reasonably believes that serious or material environmental harm has been, or is likely to be, caused, use reasonable force to break into or open any part of, or anything in or on, any place or vehicle; and

(c) give directions for the stopping or movement of a vehicle as reasonably required in connection with the administration or enforcement of this Act; and

(d) [Section 92 Subsection (1) amended by No. 46 of 2007, s. 8, Applied:29 Nov 2007] take samples as reasonably required of any air, soil, sand, rock, water, other solid or liquid substance or any other thing from any place or vehicle for analysis in connection with the administration or enforcement of this Act; and

(e) require any person to produce any documents, including a written record that reproduces in an understandable form information stored by computer, microfilm or other process, as reasonably required in connection with the administration or enforcement of this Act; and

(f) examine, copy or take extracts from any documents or information so produced or require a person to provide a copy of any such document or information; and

(g) take photographs, films or audio, video or other recordings as reasonably required in connection with the administration or enforcement of this Act; and

(h) examine or test any plant, equipment, vehicle or other thing for the purpose of determining whether a provision of this Act is being, or has been, complied with, or cause or require it to be so examined or tested, or seize it or require its production for such examination or testing; and

(i) seize and retain, or issue a seizure order in respect of, anything that the officer reasonably suspects has been used in, or may constitute evidence of, a contravention of this Act; and

(j) require a person whom the officer reasonably suspects has committed, is committing or is about to commit a contravention of this Act or a permit or major project permit under the to state the person's full name and usual place of residence and to produce evidence of the person's identity; and