43—Amendment of section 87—Powers of authorised officers
(1) Section
87(1)(d)—after "take" insert:
and remove
(2) Section
87(1)(h)—delete "for the purpose of determining whether a provision of
this Act is being or has been complied with" and substitute:
as reasonably required in connection with the administration or enforcement of
this Act
(3) Section
87(1)(i)—after paragraph (i) insert:
(ia)
take onto or into any place or vehicle, and use, any equipment or apparatus
(such as drilling, boring, earth-moving, testing, measuring, photographic,
film, audio, video or other recording equipment or apparatus) as reasonably
required in connection with the administration or enforcement of this Act;
(4) Section
87(1)(k)—after "those matters" insert:
, to state the person's full name and usual place of residence and to produce
evidence of the person's identity
(5) Section
87(3)—after "inspect" insert:
, or to seize,
(6) Section
87—after subsection (7) insert:
(8) An authorised
officer appointed by a council may only exercise powers under this Act—
(a)
within the area of the council; and
(b)
within the area of any other council to the extent agreed to, in writing, by
the other council.
(9) Where the exercise
of a power under this section (other than a power exercised with the authority
of a warrant) results in any damage, the Authority or, if the power was
exercised by an authorised officer appointed by a council, the council must
make good the damage as soon as is reasonably practicable or pay reasonable
compensation for the damage.