LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1989 - SECT 224A Police may act as authorised officers to enforce certain local laws
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1989 - SECT 224A
Police may act as authorised officers to enforce certain local laws(1) This section applies if a provision of a local law of a Council regulates the use, possession or consumption of alcohol.
(2) The Council may publish a notice in the Government Gazette identifying the provision of the local law and stating that any police officer may enforce that provision.
(3) If the Council publishes such a notice, any police officer may enforce the provision as if he or she was appointed to be an authorised officer under section 224 with respect to the provision.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), a police officer's certificate of identity is deemed to be an identity card issued under section 224(2) and is deemed to comply with section 224(3).
S. 224B inserted by No. 42/2021 s. 99.