Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

LAND (PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT) ACT (NO. 100 OF 1991) - SECT 154

154. (1) Subject to the terms of any warrant issued under section 153, where an authorised person enters a place in accordance with section 152, he or she may, for the purposes of the Inquiry—

        (a)     inspect the place;

        (b)     search for and inspect any thing; or

        (c)     require the occupier to give the authorised person such assistance as is reasonable to enable the authorised person to exercise his or her powers under this section.

(2) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, contravene a requirement made of the person under paragraph (1) (c).

Penalty for contravention of subsection (2): $5,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.