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VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 30

Power to enter places

30 Power to enter places

(1) An authorised officer may enter a place if—
(a) an occupier of the place consents to the entry; or
(b) it is a public place and the entry is made when it is open to the public; or
(c) the place is—
(i) the subject of—
(A) a development approval; or
(B) a lease, licence or permit under the Land Act 1994 ; or
(C) a stop work notice or restoration notice; or
(D) an enforcement notice under the Planning Act relating to the contravention of a vegetation clearing provision; or
(E) an activity, being carried out at the time of entry, to which an enforceable undertaking relates; or
(F) a notification of an intention to clear vegetation given under an accepted development vegetation clearing code or an area management plan; and
(ii) entered during daylight hours; or
(d) the entry is for the purpose of giving an occupier a stop work notice requiring the occupier to immediately stop committing a vegetation clearing offence; or
(e) the entry is under section 30A or is authorised by a warrant.
(2) For the purpose of asking the occupier of a place for consent to enter, an authorised officer may, without the occupier’s consent or a warrant—
(a) enter land around premises at the place to an extent that is reasonable to contact the occupier; or
(b) enter part of the place the authorised officer reasonably considers members of the public ordinarily are allowed to enter when they wish to contact the occupier.
(3) Subsection (1) (c) does not apply to a part of a place where a person resides.



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