Wildlife Conservation Act 2010 · Updated to 1 Oct 2014 · Part VIII · Powers Relating to Enforcement
98. Power to enter premises
Feedback & supportNotwithstanding sections 94 and 95, an enforcement officer may at any time enter any premises for the purposes of—
enforcement officer
―enforcement officer‖ means– (a) any officer; (b) any police officer not below the rank of Inspector as provided for in the Police Act 1967; (c) any proper officer of customs as defined in section 2 of the Customs Act 1967; and (d) any public officer authorized under section 90;
inspecting any wildlife, part or derivative of any wildlife, conveyance, book, record, document or thing as he considers necessary;
wildlife
―wildlife‖ means any species of wild animal or wild bird,whether totally protected or protected, vertebrate or invertebrate,live or dead, mature or immature and whether or not may be tamed or bred in captivity;
verifying the accuracy of records or statements or any information given to an enforcement officer; or
collecting samples of any wildlife or part or derivative of any wildlife.
part or derivative
―part or derivative‖ means any substantially complete or part or derivative of wildlife, in natural form, stuffed, chilled, preserved, dried, processed or otherwise treated or prepared which may or may not be contained in preparations, and includes — (a) meat, bones, hide, skin, leather, tusk, horn, antler, gland, feathers, hair, teeth, claws, shell, scales, nest and eggs; (b) tissue, blood, fat, oil, milk, venom, saliva, urine and faeces; (c) any compound derived from anything mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b); or (d) any thing which is claimed by any person, or which appears from an accompanying document, the packaging, a label or mark or from any other circumstances, to contain a part or derivative of wildlife;
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