5. Entry, inspection and removal
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inspecting officer
“inspecting officer” includes the Senior Primary Production Officer and any officer appointed under section 3 to be an inspecting officer under this Act and also any officer to whom an inspecting officer has delegated by writing under his hand the exercise or performance of any power or duty conferred or imposed by this Act on an inspecting officer, to the extent of the powers or duties so delegated;
inspect and examine the land and premises and all plants thereon for the purpose of ascertaining whether any of the plants are diseased or whether the land and premises or any plant thereon is in a condition favourable to the introduction or spread of any pest; and
remove by cutting, digging or otherwise such portions of any plant as he thinks expedient to remove for purposes of examination or investigation.
The owner and the occupier of the land and premises shall permit every inspecting officer to have access thereto for those purposes and shall supply to the officer all such information as is requested by him and is reasonably necessary for those purposes.
owner
“owner”, with reference to any land, includes all lessees or tenants of the land, and “occupier” includes, with reference to any land, all persons in actual occupation or charge thereof;