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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (IMPACT OF PROPOSALS) ACT 1975
No. 36 of 1975
An Act to amend the Environment Protection (Impact of Proposals) Act 1974.
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—
Short title and citation. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Environment Protection (Impact of Proposals) Act 1975.
(2) The Environment Protection (Impact of Proposals) Act 1974 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Environment Protection (Impact of Proposals) Act 1974-1975.
Commencement. 2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Object of Act. 3. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in sub-section (2), before the word "financial", the word "direct".
4. Section 24 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:—
Power to enter on land, &c. "24. (1) A Commissioner, or a person acting with the authority of a Commissioner, may, with the consent of the occupier of any land, building or place, enter the land, building or place for the purposes of an inquiry under this Act.
"(2) Where a Commissioner has reason to believe that it is necessary or desirable for the purposes of an inquiry under this Act for him, or a person authorized by him, to enter any land, building or place, the Commissioner may make application to a Justice of the Peace for a warrant authorizing the Commissioner or that person to enter the land, building or place for the purposes of the inquiry.
"(3) If, on an application under sub-section (2), the Justice of the Peace is satisfied by information on oath or affirmation that the issue of the warrant is reasonably required for the purposes of this Act, the Justice of the Peace may grant a warrant authorizing the Commissioner, or that person, with such assistance as he thinks necessary, to enter the land, building or place for the purposes of the inquiry.
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