POLICE ACT 1990 - SECT 208
Charges payable for attendance at sporting events, escorts and other services
POLICE ACT 1990 - SECT 208
Charges payable for attendance at sporting events, escorts and other services
208 Charges payable for attendance at sporting events, escorts and other
services
(1) If a member of the NSW Police Force (whether or not in
compliance with any law)--
(a) attends a sporting or entertainment event, at
the request of the person conducting or organising that event, for the purpose
of maintaining order, or
(b) provides, at the request of a person, an escort
for a vehicle or trailer carrying a long or wide load, or
(c) provides any
information to a person, at the person's request, in respect of a visa
application,
the Commissioner is entitled to demand payment by the person of
such amount as may be prescribed by the regulations or, if no amount is so
prescribed, of such amount as the Commissioner thinks fit.
(2) The
regulations may make provision with respect to payment for such services
provided by members of the NSW Police Force as are specified in the
regulations.
(3) Without limiting the generality of subsection (2), the
regulations may specify--
(a) a service whether or not it is provided in
compliance with any law, and
(b) a service whether or not it is the same as
or of a similar kind to a service referred to in subsection (1), and
(c) the
circumstances in which the service is provided, and
(d) the amount which may
be demanded for the provision of the service or the means by which the amount
is to be calculated or assessed, and
(e) the person by whom the payment is to
be made or from whom the payment may be demanded, whether or not the person
requested the provision of the service concerned.
(4) Nothing in this section
entitles the Commissioner to any payment for the performance of a service if a
fee or other payment for the performance of that service is prescribed by or
under any other Act.
