Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Subject to
subsection (2), an investigator may, for investigation purposes, enter and
remain on premises to exercise his or her powers of investigation.
(2) The investigator
may only enter residential premises as follows —
(a) the
investigator may enter the premises at any reasonable time with the consent of
the occupier of the premises;
(b) the
investigator may enter the premises in accordance with the authorisation
conferred by a warrant;
(c) if
the investigator believes, on reasonable grounds, that it is urgently
necessary to do so in order to prevent the destruction of or interference with
relevant material, the investigator may enter the premises at any time without
the consent of the occupier and without warrant.
(3) The investigator
must not exercise the power set out in subsection (2)(c) unless the
Commissioner has, in the particular case, given the investigator prior
authorisation in writing to do so.
(4) The investigator
must, on first encountering a person apparently in a position of authority on
the premises, and also on the reasonable request of any other person on the
premises —
(a)
display his or her identity card to the person or persons respectively; and
(b) if
the investigator has entered or is about to enter the premises under a warrant
— display the warrant to the person or persons respectively.