(1) If any occupied premises cannot be sprayed because the occupied is absent when the premises are visited by the spraying team, the person in charge of the spraying team shall affix to some conspicuous part of the premises a notice of his or her intention to spray the premises at some specified time not being earlier than 3 days from the date of the first visit.
(2) If the occupier is again absent at the time specified in the notice the person in charge of the spraying team shall apply to the Chief Officer for further directions.
(3) If after reasonable enquiry the Chief Officer has cause to believe that the occupier has wilfully been absenting himself or herself from the premises merely for the purpose of preventing the spraying of the premises, the Chief Officer may in writing authorise the spraying team to enter the premises, by force if necessary and to spray the premises, in the presence of a police constable, or of a rural constable.
(4) The spraying team shall leave all household articles in more or less the same position and in the same condition as they were when the premises were entered.
(5) The person in charge of the spraying team shall affix a notice signed by himself or herself and the police constable, or the rural constable, to some conspicuous part of the premises stating that the premises have been sprayed and the date on which the spraying was carried out.
(6) The person in charge of the spraying team shall repair any damage caused to the premises in making an entry by force.
(Inserted by S.I. 26/1960)