NATIONAL PARKS ACT 1975 - SECT 38AA Production of identification

NATIONAL PARKS ACT 1975 - SECT 38AA

    (1)     An authorised officer must produce his or her identification for inspection, if asked to do so—

        (a)     before exercising the authorised officer's power under section 38(2); and

        (b)     at any time during the exercise of any such power under section 38(2) —

unless the request is unreasonable in the circumstances.

S. 38AA(2) amended by Nos 19/2018 s. 212, 42/2021 s. 134.

    (2)     In this section, "identification", in relation to an authorised officer, means a document that—

        (a)     sets out the name of the authorised officer; and

        (b)     contains a photograph of the authorised officer; and

        (c)     indicates the fact that the person named in the document is authorised—

and that is in a form approved by the Secretary, for authorised officers appointed by the Secretary, and in a form approved by Parks Victoria, for authorised officers appointed by Parks Victoria, and that is in a form approved by the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority, for authorised officers appointed by the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority.

S. 38A inserted by No. 57/1995

s. 12.