Other powers related to inspection
203 Other powers related to inspection
For inspection purposes a wildlife officer may do one or more of the following —
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;
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;
remain on or in a place or vehicle for so long as is reasonably necessary to carry out an inspection;
inspect and open any package, compartment, cupboard or container of any kind, and inspect its contents;
inspect any cage, enclosure or similar structure on or in a place or vehicle;
photograph or otherwise make a record of a place or vehicle and any thing in or on the place or vehicle;
restrain, muster, round up, yard, draft or otherwise move or handle any animal;
patrol and inspect any fence on or bounding a place;
take samples or specimens of or from organisms, ecological communities, habitats, potential carriers, water or soil;
apply an identifier to any organism;
survey and mark out land for any purpose relevant to carrying out an inspection;
label any thing.
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