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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 459

Entry or boarding of vehicles

459 Entry or boarding of vehicles

(1) An authorised person may enter or board a vehicle if the authorised person has reasonable grounds for suspecting—
(a) the vehicle is being, or has been, used in the commission of an offence against this Act; or
(b) the vehicle, or a thing in or on the vehicle, may provide evidence of the commission of an offence against this Act; or
(c) the vehicle is of a type prescribed by regulation and is being used to transport waste of a type prescribed by regulation; or
(d) if the vehicle is a train—the train is being used to transport waste of a type prescribed by regulation.
(2) If the vehicle is moving or about to move, the authorised person may signal the person in control of the vehicle to stop the vehicle or not to move it.
(3) To enable the vehicle to be entered or boarded, the authorised person may—
(a) act with necessary and reasonable help and force; and
(b) require the person in control of the vehicle to give reasonable help to the authorised person.



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