Queensland Numbered Acts

DISABILITY SERVICES ACT 2006 No. 12 - SECT 141

(1) Before entering a home under section 134, an authorised officer must do or make a reasonable attempt to do the following things--

(a) comply with section 129; 30

(b) tell an occupier of the home that the officer is permitted to enter the home;

(c) give the occupier an opportunity to allow the officer immediate entry to the home without using force.

(2) When entering and after entering a home, or exercising a power or performing a function in a home, an authorised officer must, as far as practicable--

(a) preserve the privacy and dignity of anyone living at the home; and

(b) minimise the impact on occupiers of the home who are people with a disability.

(3) Subsection (2) applies to entry to a home under this division with consent or without consent.