Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

GAS SUPPLY ACT 1998 - SECT 50

(1)     Before seeking the consent of the occupier of premises for the purposes of paragraph 49 (4) (a), an inspector shall—

        (a)     show his or her identity card, issued under section 42, to the occupier; and

        (b)     inform the occupier, orally or in writing, that he or she may refuse to give that consent.

(2)     If the inspector obtains the occupier's consent for those purposes, the inspector shall ask the occupier to sign a written acknowledgment—

        (a)     that the occupier has been informed that he or she may refuse to give consent for the inspector to enter the occupier's premises and to exercise any power under section 45; and

        (b)     that the occupier has given the inspector that consent on the day, and at the time, specified in the acknowledgment.

(3)     Where, in any proceedings under this Act before a court—

        (a)     it is material for the court to be satisfied that an occupier has consented for the purposes of paragraph 49 (4) (a); and

        (b)     an acknowledgment in accordance with subsection (2), signed by the occupier, is not produced in evidence;

it shall be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that the occupier did not so consent.