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Other powers related to inspection

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203 Other powers related to inspection

For inspection purposes a wildlife officer may do one or more of the following —

(a)

take onto or into, and use on or in, a place or vehicle any equipment or facilities that are reasonably necessary in order to carry out an inspection;

(b)

make reasonable use of any equipment, facilities or services on or in a place or vehicle in order to carry out an inspection and for that purpose operate the equipment or facilities;

(c)

remain on or in a place or vehicle for so long as is reasonably necessary to carry out an inspection;

(d)

inspect and open any package, compartment, cupboard or container of any kind, and inspect its contents;

(e)

inspect any cage, enclosure or similar structure on or in a place or vehicle;

(f)

photograph or otherwise make a record of a place or vehicle and any thing in or on the place or vehicle;

(g)

restrain, muster, round up, yard, draft or otherwise move or handle any animal;

(h)

patrol and inspect any fence on or bounding a place;

(i)

take samples or specimens of or from organisms, ecological communities, habitats, potential carriers, water or soil;

(j)

apply an identifier to any organism;

(k)

survey and mark out land for any purpose relevant to carrying out an inspection;

(l)

label any thing.

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