27General powers of authorised officers

27 General powers of authorised officers (1) Subject to sections 28 and 29, an authorised officer may do any of the following: (a) enter and remain on any land; (b) move any vehicle; (c) inspect any land and anything on the land; (d) search any land entered and anything found there; (e) take photographs and make sketches or other records of land or things found on land; (f) take photographs of any person on or in land; (g) make recordings in any medium, including audio, visual and audio-visual recordings, of land or things found on land; (h) inspect and take copies of documents and records; (i) seize any documents and any computer or other equipment required to access any documents;

Water Act 1992 29 (j) operate any computer or other equipment; (k) bring equipment or materials on to land and install and maintain equipment or materials; (l) measure anything or take samples of anything on land; (m) examine or test any equipment, machinery or other thing; (n) require a relevant person to: (i) provide the person's name, address and date of birth and evidence of these; and (ii) if the relevant person is acting as a member of a partnership – provide the name, address and telephone number of each other partner in the partnership; and (iii) if the relevant person is acting as a member of the committee of management of an unincorporated body – provide the name, address and telephone number of each other member of the committee of management; (o) require a person on the land to give the authorised officer reasonable assistance to exercise or perform the authorised officer's powers or functions including: (i) by operating any computer or other equipment; and (ii) by providing any access or assistance to access any computer or other equipment or any service; (p) authorise a person to provide assistance to the authorised officer in the exercise or performance of the authorised officer's powers or functions; (q) do any other act or thing or cause anything else to be done that the officer believes on reasonable grounds is necessary for, or incidental to, the exercise of a power mentioned in this Division. associated person, of a person, means: (a) if the person is a member of a partnership – a partner of the person; or

Water Act 1992 30 (b) if the person is a member of and acting on behalf of an unincorporated body – a member of the committee of management of the body; or (c) an employee, agent, licensee, contractor or subcontractor of the person or of a partnership or body mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b). relevant person means: (a) a person who is on, or in the vicinity of, land entered by the authorised officer under this section; or (b) a person who the authorised officer suspects on reasonable grounds is travelling to or from the land; or (c) a person who the authorised officer suspects on reasonable grounds is the owner or occupier of the land; or (d) a person who the authorised officer knows or suspects on reasonable grounds is the holder of a permit, licence or consent under this Act; or (e) a person who the authorised officer suspects on reasonable grounds is a person who is under investigation for a suspected contravention of this Act; or (f) a person who the authorised officer suspects on reasonable grounds is a person who is an associated person of a person mentioned in paragraph (c), (d) or (e).