Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) For the purposes
of this Act an authorised officer is —
(a) any
member of the Police Force;
(b) any
person appointed as such pursuant to subsection (2) within the area of
jurisdiction entrusted to him by the appointment;
(c)
within the district of a local government, any person who is —
(i)
a member of the council of the local government;
(ii)
an employee of the local government; or
(iii)
an honorary inspector appointed by the local government
under section 27AA.
(2) The Minister may
appoint —
(a) any
officer or employee of the Council appointed or engaged under
section 15(1);
(b) any
officer or employee whose services the Council makes use of by arrangement
under section 16(1);
(c) any
person who is or acts in the office of —
(i)
an inspector, under the Environmental Protection
Act 1986 ;
(ii)
a conservation and land management officer, forest
officer, wildlife officer or ranger, under the
Conservation and Land Management Act 1984 ;
[(iii), (iv) deleted]
(v)
a member of the staff of The Western Australian Museum
constituted by the Museum Act 1969 ;
(vi)
an inspector or honorary warden, under the
Waterways Conservation Act 1976 ;
(vii)
a fisheries officer referred to in the
Fish Resources Management Act 1994 ;
(viii)
a bush fire liaison officer, under the Bush Fires
Act 1954 ; or
(ix)
an inspector, under the Western Australian Marine
Act 1982 ;
or
(d) any
person who holds or acts in an office of a public authority being an office
prescribed in the regulations,
to be an authorised
officer for the purposes of this Act either in respect of the whole of
the State or any part thereof defined in the appointment.
(3) A person holding
office as an authorised officer by virtue of
subsection (1)(c) —
(a) has
within the district in respect of which he holds office the duties of and
powers of an authorised officer under this Act, and may exercise those powers
within that district;
(b) may
exercise the powers conferred on him by this Act in relation to any
person whom he has reason to believe is concerned in a contravention of this
Act notwithstanding that such person is not then within the district in
respect of which he holds office if that person was pursued from that district
or is known to have been in that district at the time of the contravention.
(4) A person who is
appointed as an authorised officer pursuant to
subsection (2) —
(a) has
within the area of jurisdiction entrusted to him by the appointment the duties
and powers of an authorised officer under this Act, and may exercise those
powers within that area;
(b) may
exercise the powers conferred upon him by this Act in relation to any person
whom he has reason to believe is concerned in a contravention of this Act
notwithstanding that such person is not then within the area of jurisdiction
entrusted to him if that person was pursued from that area or is known to have
been in that area at the time of the contravention; and
(c)
shall be issued with a certificate of his appointment as an authorised officer
in the prescribed form, evidencing the area of jurisdiction entrusted to him
under this Act, which he shall, on reasonable demand, produce for inspection
by any person.
[Section 26 amended by No. 49 of 1981
s. 4; No. 53 of 1994 s. 264; No. 24 of 1995 s. 55;
No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 28 of 2006 s. 215.]