Agricultural Pests and Noxious Plants Act · s 6

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s 6

(1)

Every inspecting officer has power to enter at all reasonable times with or without assistants, upon any land whereon any plants are or have been cultivated and to re-main there so long as may be reasonably necessary for the following purposes -

(a)

to inspect and examine such land and all plants thereon for the purp9ses of ascertaining whether any of such plants are diseased or whether such land or any plant thereon is in a condition favourable to the introduction or spread of any pest; and

(b)

to remove by cutting, digging or otherwise, such portion of any plant as he may think expe-dient for the purposes of examination or investiga-tion.

(2)

The owner or occupier of such land shall permit every inspecting officer to have access thereto for the said purposes and shall supply to such officer all such informa-tion as may be requested by him and may be reasonably necessary for the said purposes.