PASTORAL LAND MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION ACT 1989 - SECT 60

PASTORAL LAND MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION ACT 1989 - SECT 60

60—Policing powers

        (1)         An authorised officer may—

            (a)         require any person who is on pastoral land without lawful authority or excuse to leave the land;

            (b)         require any person reasonably suspected of having committed an offence in relation to pastoral land to state his or her name and address;

            (c)         arrest any person on pastoral land who is reasonably suspected of having committed an offence in relation to pastoral land.

        (2)         A person who fails to comply with a requirement under subsection (1) is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $2 500.

        (3)         A person arrested under this section must be taken as soon as practicable to the nearest police station.