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ROTTNEST ISLAND AUTHORITY ACT 1987 - SECT 29

29 .         Enforcement powers of rangers

        (1)         A ranger, who finds a person committing an offence to which this section applies or who on reasonable grounds suspects that such an offence has been committed or is about to be committed by a person may —

            (a)         require the person to give him the person’s name and address; and

            (b)         enter any premises and stop, detain, and search any vessel or vehicle if a person in the premises or in or on the vessel or vehicle is, or is suspected by him on reasonable grounds of being, the offender.

        (2)         A person shall, when required to do so under subsection (1)(a), give his full and correct name and address.

        (3)         If a person does not under subsection (2) give his full and correct name and address to a ranger —

            (a)         he obstructs the ranger in the performance of his functions and section 32 applies accordingly; and

            (b)         the ranger may detain the person until he can be delivered to a police officer to be dealt with according to law.

        (4)         This section applies to any offence against a regulation made under section 48 or against section 32.



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