Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) If a police
officer is satisfied that an alarm —
(a) has
been sounding in or on any premises or a vehicle for not less than such period
as is prescribed; and
(b) is
emitting unreasonable noise,
he may —
(c)
enter the premises or vehicle referred to in paragraph (a); and
(d) take
all such steps as appear to him to be reasonably necessary for or in
connection with stopping the alarm from sounding,
with the aid of such
assistants as he considers necessary and with the use of reasonable force.
(2) A police officer
who has exercised the powers conferred on him by subsection (1) shall
cause such persons or public authorities as appear to him to be appropriate in
the circumstances to be informed promptly of that exercise.
(3) The CEO shall pay
to an assistant referred to in subsection (1) the amount of any
reasonable fee charged by that assistant in respect of aid rendered by that
assistant under that subsection.
(4) The amount of a
fee paid by the CEO under subsection (3) constitutes a debt due to the
Crown by the owner of the premises in respect of which the aid to which that
fee relates was rendered and may be recovered by the CEO from that owner in a
court of competent jurisdiction and, if so recovered, shall be credited to the
Consolidated Account.
[Section 99 amended by No. 6 of 1993
s. 11; No. 49 of 1996 s. 64; No. 57 of 1997 s. 54(5)
and (6); No. 54 of 2003 s. 128 and 140(2); No. 77 of 2006
s. 4.]
[Heading inserted by No. 14 of 1998
s. 14.]
[Heading inserted by No. 14 of 1998
s. 14.]