ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1961 - SECT 35
ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1961 - SECT 35
35—Appointment of authorised officers
(1) The Minister may,
by instrument in writing, appoint—
(a) a
specified person to be an authorised officer; or
(b)
persons of a specified class to be authorised officers.
(2) An
authorised officer may but need not be an employee in the public service or an
employee of a government or government body.
(3) An authorised
person as defined in the Local Government Act 1999 is an
authorised officer under this Act for the purposes of—
(a)
enforcing prescribed provisions of this Act in the area of the council for
which the person is an authorised person; or
(b)
exercising the powers of an authorised officer under prescribed provisions of
this Act in the area of the council for which the person is an authorised
person.
(4) Every person for
the time being in charge of a ferry established by a council or established,
maintained or operated by the Commissioner of Highways is an
authorised officer under this Act.
(5) Without limiting
the above, an authorised officer as defined in a corresponding road law may be
appointed as an authorised officer under this section.
(6) An appointment
under this section may be subject to conditions, including—
(a)
conditions limiting the exercise of powers by the authorised officer to the
enforcement of specified provisions of the Act or the enforcement of the Act
within a specified area of the State; and
(b)
conditions on the exercise of powers conferred on authorised officers by a
road law.
(7) The Minister may,
at any time, by instrument in writing applicable to a specified
authorised officer or each authorised officer of a specified class—
(a)
impose conditions of a kind referred to in subsection (6); or
(b) vary
or revoke such conditions.