Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 154

154 Authorised officer to give notice of damage

(1) This section applies if an authorised officer damages property in the exercise of a power under this Act.

(2) The authorised officer must immediately give written notice of the particulars of the damage to the person who appears to the authorised officer to be the property’s owner.

(3) If the authorised officer believes the damage was caused by a latent defect in the property or other circumstances beyond the authorised officer’s control, the authorised officer may state this in the notice.

(4) If, for any reason, it is not practicable to comply with subsection (2) , the authorised officer must—

(a) leave the notice at the place where the damage happened; and

(b) ensure the notice is left in a reasonably secured way in a conspicuous position.

(5) This section does not apply to damage the authorised officer believes, on reasonable grounds, is trivial.