Consent to entry
60 Consent to entry
(1) An authorised officer seeking the consent of an occupier of a place to the officer's entry into or onto the place must:
show the officer's identity card to the occupier;
give the occupier the reasons why entry is sought; and
inform the occupier that the occupier may refuse to give consent.
(2) If an authorised officer obtains consent from the occupier to enter the place, the officer must ask the occupier to sign a notice of consent in the approved form.
If:
(a) it is material in proceedings for a court to be satisfied the occupier consented to entry under this Division; and
a notice of consent is not produced in evidence,
the court may presume, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, the occupier did not give consent.
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