Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The CEO, the
Executive Director, Personal Health, the Executive Director, Public Health and
all public health officials, and the local government and its officers, shall
have power to enter from time to time into and upon any house or premises, for
the purpose of examining as to the existence of any nuisance or whether any of
the provisions of this Act are being contravened, or of executing any work or
making any inspection authorised to be executed or made under the provisions
of this Act or any regulation, order, or local law, and generally for the
purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Act or any regulation, order, or
local law, at any time between the hours of 7.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. of
any day, or in the case of a nuisance or contravention arising in respect of
any business, then at any hour when such business is in progress or is usually
carried on.
(2) Any person who
wilfully and unreasonably refuses to admit any such officer to any house or
premises commits an offence.
(3) For the purpose of
making any entry or doing anything authorised under this section, it shall be
lawful to employ all such assistance as may be deemed necessary, and (whenever
deemed necessary) to use force whether by breaking open doors or otherwise,
and to search all parts of any house or premises entered, using such
assistance and force as may be deemed necessary for the purpose.
[Section 349 amended by No. 17 of 1918
s. 50; No. 113 of 1965 s. 8(1); No. 28 of 1984 s. 34;
No. 80 of 1987 s. 165; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 28 of
2006 s. 251.]