New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SHERIFF ACT 2005 - SECT 7A

7A Powers of Sheriff when executing writs and warrants for possession of land

(1) A sheriff’s officer executing a writ or warrant for possession of land may do any of the following:

(a) enter the premises and take all reasonably necessary steps to enforce the writ or warrant,

(b) use such force as is reasonably necessary to enforce the writ or warrant,

(c) obtain the assistance of a police officer.

(2) A police officer may, at the request of a sheriff’s officer, assist the sheriff’s officer to enforce the writ or warrant.

(3) The Sheriff must give the occupier of land subject to a writ of possession of land or a writ for the levy of property that relates to land not less than 30 days notice to deliver up possession of the land.

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply if the execution of the writ has been previously stayed by a court or if a warrant for possession is issued under the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 , the Residential Parks Act 1998 , the Retirement Villages Act 1999 or the Holiday Parks (Long-term Casual Occupation) Act 2002 .

(5) In this section:
"writ or warrant for possession of land" means:

(a) a writ of possession of land, or

(b) a writ for the levy of property that relates to land, or

(c) a warrant for possession of residential premises under the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 , or

(d) a warrant for possession of residential premises under the Residential Parks Act 1998 , or

(e) a warrant for possession of residential premises under the Retirement Villages Act 1999 , or

(f) a warrant for possession of a site under the Holiday Parks (Long-term Casual Occupation) Act 2002 .