sec.76Other powers of authorised officers

### sec.76 Other powers of authorised officers An authorised officer may, for the purposes of this Act, exercise any of the following powers— enter any land at any reasonable time for the purpose of inspecting the state of the wet tropics area; require a person to produce to the officer— any licence, permit or other authority held by the person under a regulation; or any document required to be kept by the person under a regulation; inspect, take extracts from, make copies of or keep a document produced to the officer under paragraph (b) . Before exercising the power mentioned in subsection (1) (a) , an authorised officer must— obtain, or, in urgent circumstances, take all reasonable steps to obtain, the consent of the land-holder concerned; or give at least 14 days’ written notice to the land-holder concerned of— the officer’s intention to enter the land; and the proposed purpose in entering the land; and the day and time when the officer proposes to enter the land. In exercising the power mentioned in subsection (1) (a) , an authorised officer must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the officer causes as little inconvenience, and does as little damage, as is practicable. An authorised officer— may keep a document under subsection (1) (c) only for the purpose of taking copies of the document; and must, as soon as practicable after taking the copies, return the document to the person who produced it. (sec.76-ssec.1) An authorised officer may, for the purposes of this Act, exercise any of the following powers— enter any land at any reasonable time for the purpose of inspecting the state of the wet tropics area; require a person to produce to the officer— any licence, permit or other authority held by the person under a regulation; or any document required to be kept by the person under a regulation; inspect, take extracts from, make copies of or keep a document produced to the officer under paragraph (b) . (sec.76-ssec.2) Before exercising the power mentioned in subsection (1) (a) , an authorised officer must— obtain, or, in urgent circumstances, take all reasonable steps to obtain, the consent of the land-holder concerned; or give at least 14 days’ written notice to the land-holder concerned of— the officer’s intention to enter the land; and the proposed purpose in entering the land; and the day and time when the officer proposes to enter the land. (sec.76-ssec.3) In exercising the power mentioned in subsection (1) (a) , an authorised officer must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the officer causes as little inconvenience, and does as little damage, as is practicable. (sec.76-ssec.4) An authorised officer— may keep a document under subsection (1) (c) only for the purpose of taking copies of the document; and must, as soon as practicable after taking the copies, return the document to the person who produced it. - (a) enter any land at any reasonable time for the purpose of inspecting the state of the wet tropics area; - (b) require a person to produce to the officer— (i) any licence, permit or other authority held by the person under a regulation; or (ii) any document required to be kept by the person under a regulation; - (i) any licence, permit or other authority held by the person under a regulation; or - (ii) any document required to be kept by the person under a regulation; - (c) inspect, take extracts from, make copies of or keep a document produced to the officer under paragraph (b) . - (i) any licence, permit or other authority held by the person under a regulation; or - (ii) any document required to be kept by the person under a regulation; - (a) obtain, or, in urgent circumstances, take all reasonable steps to obtain, the consent of the land-holder concerned; or - (b) give at least 14 days’ written notice to the land-holder concerned of— (i) the officer’s intention to enter the land; and (ii) the proposed purpose in entering the land; and (iii) the day and time when the officer proposes to enter the land. - (i) the officer’s intention to enter the land; and - (ii) the proposed purpose in entering the land; and - (iii) the day and time when the officer proposes to enter the land. - (i) the officer’s intention to enter the land; and - (ii) the proposed purpose in entering the land; and - (iii) the day and time when the officer proposes to enter the land. - (a) may keep a document under subsection (1) (c) only for the purpose of taking copies of the document; and - (b) must, as soon as practicable after taking the copies, return the document to the person who produced it.