CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ACT 1995 - SECT 80A

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ACT 1995 - SECT 80A

80A—Powers of authorised persons in Australian Public Service

        (1)         The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, authorise a person or class of persons appointed under the Commonwealth Public Service Act to issue expiation notices in relation to offences against this Act or specified offences against this Act.

        (2)         The Minister may, by subsequent notice in the Gazette, vary or revoke a notice under this section.

        (3)         This section does not derogate from section 6(3) of the Expiation of Offences Act 1996 .

        (4)         A person authorised to issue expiation notices under this section may exercise any power of a member of the police force under section 80.

        (5)         If a person authorised to issue expiation notices under this section has reasonable cause to suspect that a person has committed or is about to commit an offence against this Act, the authorised person may require the person to state his or her full name and usual place of residence.

        (6)         If a person authorised to issue expiation notices under this section has reasonable cause to suspect that a name or address as stated in response to a requirement under subsection (5) is false, the person may require the person making the statement to produce evidence of the correctness of the name or address as stated.

        (7)         A person must not—

            (a)         hinder or obstruct a person authorised to issue expiation notices under this section, in the exercise of the powers under this section; or

            (b)         refuse or fail to comply with a requirement made of the person in accordance with this section.

Maximum penalty: $5 000.

        (8)         A person authorised to issue expiation notices under this section must carry identification in a form approved by the Minister and must produce it at the request of a person in relation to whom the authorised person has exercised, or intends to exercise, powers under this section.

        (9)         In this section—

"Commonwealth Public Service Act" means the Public Service Act 1999 of the Commonwealth, as amended from time to time, or an Act enacted in substitution for that Act.