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CHEMICAL WEAPONS (PROHIBITION) ACT 1994 - SECT 66

Announcement before entry

  (1)   Before the national inspector executing a warrant or a person assisting the national inspector enters:

  (a)   a declared facility under paragraph   39(2)(b), 40(2)(b), 41(2)(b) or 42(2)(b); or

  (b)   a challenge inspection site under paragraph   47(2)(b); or

  (c)   premises under paragraph   57(1)(b);

the national inspector or person assisting the national inspector must:

  (d)   announce that he or she is authorised by the warrant to enter the facility, site or premises; and

  (e)   give any person at the premises an opportunity to allow entry into or onto the facility, site or premises.

  (2)   The national inspector executing a warrant or a person assisting the national inspector is not required to comply with subsection   (1) if he or she believes, on reasonable grounds, that immediate entry to the premises is required to ensure that the effective execution of the warrant is not frustrated.



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