20AEPower of entry

20AE Power of entry

20AE Power of entry

(1) An officer under the Water Administration Act 1986, or an employee or agent of the Ministerial Corporation, may—

(a) enter on any land on which there is constructed any work which is used for taking water from a water source which is subject to a scheme, and

(b) inspect any work so constructed and used,

for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the provisions of this Division have been or are being complied with or contravened.

(2) An officer under the Water Administration Act 1986 or an employee or agent of the Ministerial Corporation may enter on any land and dismantle for inspection a water meter or other measuring device that is on the land and is connected to a work referred to in subsection (1).

s 20AE: Ins 1977 No 103, Sch 3. Am 1986 No 196, Sch 2 (21).