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FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE AMENDMENT ACT 2006 No. 49 - SECT 6

6 Amendment of s 55 (Powers of authorised officer for preventative or investigative purposes)

(1) Section 55, heading, after 'authorised'--

insert--

'fire'.

(2) Section 55(1), ', vehicle or vessel'--

omit.

(3) Section 55(3)--

omit, insert--

'(3) An authorised fire officer who enters premises under this section may--

(a) for subsection (1)(a)--burn, remove or otherwise deal with any vegetation or other material or substance whether flammable or inflammable at the premises; or
(b) for subsection (1) generally--
(i) search any part of the premises; or
(ii) inspect, measure, test, photograph or film any part of the premises or anything at the premises; or
(iii) take a thing, or a sample of or from a thing, at the premises for analysis or testing; or
(iv) copy a document at the premises; or
(v) make inquiries or conduct surveys and tests; or
(vi) take into or onto the premises any persons, equipment and materials the authorised fire officer reasonably requires for exercising a power under this part.'.


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