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CLINICAL WASTE ACT 1990 (NO. 5 OF 1990) - SECT 33

Consent to entry

33. (1) An inspector who requests a person to consent to the inspector entering premises under subsection 32 (1) shall inform the person that he or she may refuse to give consent.

(2) Where an inspector obtains the consent of a person to enter premises under subsection 32 (1), he or she shall ask the person to sign a written acknowledgment—

        (a)     that the person has been informed that he or she may refuse to so consent;

        (b)     that the person has consented; and

        (c)     of the day on which, and the time at which, the person consented.

(3) Where it is material, in any proceedings, for a court to be satisfied that a person has consented to an inspector entering premises under subsection 32 (1) and an acknowledgment, in accordance with subsection (2), signed by the person is not produced in evidence, it shall be presumed that the person did not consent, unless the contrary is established.



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