Whales Protection Act 1988

Where an authorized officer has reason to believe that any hunting equipment he is entitled to seize under section 20 is in or on any premises, conveyance, or container, he may search those premises or that conveyance or container.

An authorized officer may inspect and search any premises, conveyance, or container where a whale or product of a whale is kept for sale or where he has reasonable grounds for believing that a whale or product of a whale is kept for sale.

An authorized officer may inspect and search any premises at which a person is authorized under a permit granted under this Act to keep or have in his possession a whale or product of a whale.

For the purpose of conducting a search in a conveyance under this section, an authorized officer may require that conveyance to be stopped and, if it is on any water, he may bring it, or cause or require it to be brought, to some convenient place for the search to be carried out.

For the purpose of the exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 20 or this section, an authorized officer may enter any premises or conveyance or open any container.

For the purpose of facilitating the exercise of his powers under this section in respect of any premises, conveyance, or container, an authorized officer may require the person apparently in charge of those premises, or that conveyance or container, or any of his employees or agents, to afford him such assistance as he may require.

A person who, without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails to comply with any requirements made of him by an authorized officer under this section is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.