Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) A justice may by
warrant authorise a plumbing compliance officer, together with such other
persons as are named or described in the warrant (including police officers),
to enter any place for the purposes specified in the warrant, using such force
as is necessary.
(2) The justice may
grant the entry warrant if and only if satisfied that the entry is reasonably
required for inspection or compliance purposes but —
(a)
entry has been refused or is opposed or prevented; or
(b)
entry cannot be obtained; or
(c)
notice cannot be given to the occupier (or owner if there is no occupier) of
the place under regulation 69 or 84 without frustrating the purpose
of the entry, without unreasonable difficulty or without unreasonably delaying
entry.
(3) An entry warrant
must contain the following information —
(a) a
reasonably particular description of the location of the place to which it
relates;
(b) a
reasonably particular description of the purposes for which entry to the place
is authorised;
(c) the
period, not exceeding 7 days, in which it may be executed;
(d) the
date and time when it was issued.
(4) If a plumbing
compliance officer enters a place under the authority of an entry warrant, the
officer must —
(a) if
requested to do so by the occupier, give the occupier a copy of the entry
warrant; or
(b) if
the occupier is not there, leave a copy of the entry warrant at the place for
the occupier or owner.
[Regulation 86 inserted: Gazette
28 Jun 2004 p. 2446‑7.]