Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) For emergency
management purposes, an emergency officer may take control of, or make use of,
any premises or property.
(2) The premises or
property may be in, or outside, the emergency area.
(3) For the purpose of
exercising a power under this section, an emergency officer may do all or any
of these —
(a)
enter or, if necessary, break into and enter, any premises;
(b)
search any premises and anything found in or on the premises;
(c) open
a container or other thing in the premises;
(d)
seize anything found in or on the premises, or any other property;
(e)
direct the owner or occupier or the person apparently in charge of the
premises or, as the case requires, the person apparently in charge of the
property, to give the emergency officer reasonable assistance to exercise the
emergency officer’s powers under this section.
(4) Subsection (3)
does not limit section 190 or Division 7.
(5) If an emergency
officer takes control of or makes use of any premises or property under this
section, the emergency officer must ensure that, as soon as is reasonably
practicable in the circumstances, and no later than 7 days after the premises
or property are taken control of or made use of, a written notice is given to
the owner, occupier or person formerly in charge of the premises or property
stating —
(a) that
the premises or property have been taken control of or made use of under this
section; and
(b) the
name of the emergency officer who has taken control of or made use of the
premises or property.