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HOME BUILDING ACT 1989 - SECT 126

Power of entry

126 Power of entry

(1) For the purpose of ensuring compliance with this Act and the regulations, and for any other purpose related to carrying out the Secretary's or Authority's functions, the Secretary or Authority may authorise a person in writing--
(a) to enter any land, building, vehicle or vessel at any reasonable time, and
(b) to carry out there any examination or inspection in connection with any structure or work, whether or not it has been completed.
(2) This section does not apply to a person making an inspection for the purpose of preparing a report under Division 1.
(3) An authorised person may not enter a dwelling except--
(a) with the permission of the occupier of the dwelling, or
(b) under the authority conferred by a search warrant.
(6A) An investigator appointed under section 18 of the Fair Trading Act 1987 is taken to be a person authorised under subsection (1).



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