Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) This section
applies if an inspector or an assistant to an inspector damages a thing when
exercising, or purporting to exercise, a compliance power.
(2) The inspector
must, as soon as practicable, give written notice of the damage to the person
who the inspector believes, on reasonable grounds, is the person in control of
the thing.
(3) If the inspector
believes the damage was caused by a latent defect in the thing or
circumstances beyond the inspector’s or assistant’s control, the
inspector may state it in the notice.
(4) If, for any
reason, it is impracticable to comply with subsection (2), the inspector must
leave the notice in a conspicuous position and in a reasonably secure way
where the damage happened.
(5) This section does
not apply to damage the inspector reasonably believes is trivial.