RAIL SAFETY NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 148
Use of equipment to examine or process things
RAIL SAFETY NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 148
Use of equipment to examine or process things
148 Use of equipment to examine or process things
(1) Without limiting section 145, a rail safety officer exercising a power
under this Part may bring to, onto, or into, rolling stock, a road vehicle or
a place any equipment reasonably necessary for the examination or processing
of things found at, on or in the rolling stock, road vehicle or place in order
to determine whether they are things that may be seized.
(2) The rail safety
officer, or a person assisting the officer, may operate equipment already in
or on the rolling stock or road vehicle, or at the place, to carry out the
examination or processing of a thing found in or on the rolling stock or road
vehicle, or at the place in order to determine whether it is a thing that may
be seized, if the officer or person assisting believes on reasonable grounds
that--
(a) the equipment is suitable for the examination or the processing;
and
(b) the examination or processing can be carried out without damage to
the equipment.