Western Australian Current Acts

CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 241C

241C .         Entry to places

        (1)         An authorised officer or industrial inspector may, for an authorised purpose, enter a place if —

            (a)         its occupier gives informed consent to the entry; or

            (b)         the entry is authorised by an entry warrant.

        (2)         An occupier gives informed consent to entry to a place if the occupier gives consent after being informed by an authorised officer or industrial inspector —

            (a)         of the powers the officer or inspector wants to exercise in respect of the place; and

            (b)         of the reasons why the officer or inspector wants to exercise those powers; and

            (c)         that the occupier can refuse to consent to the officer or inspector entering the place.

        (3)         To investigate a suspected offence under Part 7 or monitor compliance with that Part, an authorised officer or industrial inspector may, at any reasonable time, enter a place in which —

            (a)         a child is employed; or

            (b)         the officer or inspector believes on reasonable grounds a child is, or may in the future be, employed.

        (4)         Entry to a place under subsection (3) may be without informed consent of its occupier or an entry warrant.

        [Section 241C inserted: No. 18 of 2021 s. 72.]