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Water Act 2000
sec.748Power to enter land to search for unauthorised activities
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### sec.748 Power to enter land to search for unauthorised activities
Subsection (2) applies if an authorised officer reasonably believes 1 or more of the following activities is happening—
unauthorised drilling;
unauthorised taking of, interfering with or use of water;
unauthorised taking, or destruction, of other resources;
unauthorised interference with the physical integrity of a watercourse, lake or spring.
The authorised officer may enter land to find out, or confirm whether, an unauthorised activity mentioned in subsection (1) is happening or has happened.
The authorised officer may exercise powers under subsection (2) , at the time, with the help, and using the force, that is necessary and reasonable in the circumstances.
s 748 amd 2013 No. 23 s 298 ; 2018 No. 7 s 54
(sec.748-ssec.1) Subsection (2) applies if an authorised officer reasonably believes 1 or more of the following activities is happening— unauthorised drilling; unauthorised taking of, interfering with or use of water; unauthorised taking, or destruction, of other resources; unauthorised interference with the physical integrity of a watercourse, lake or spring.
(sec.748-ssec.2) The authorised officer may enter land to find out, or confirm whether, an unauthorised activity mentioned in subsection (1) is happening or has happened.
(sec.748-ssec.3) The authorised officer may exercise powers under subsection (2) , at the time, with the help, and using the force, that is necessary and reasonable in the circumstances.
- (a) unauthorised drilling;
- (b) unauthorised taking of, interfering with or use of water;
- (c) unauthorised taking, or destruction, of other resources;
- (d) unauthorised interference with the physical integrity of a watercourse, lake or spring.