Western Australian Consolidated Acts

SECURITY AND RELATED ACTIVITIES (CONTROL) ACT 1996 - SECT 7A

7A .         Cards to identify compliance and licensing officers

        (1)         The Commissioner is to issue a card to each compliance officer and each licensing officer for the purpose of identifying the officer.

        (2)         A card referred to in subsection (1) must —

            (a)         include a statement to the effect that the person identified by the card is a compliance officer or a licensing officer, as is relevant, under this Act; and

            (b)         include a photograph of the person identified by the card.

        (3)         If a person to whom a card is issued under this section ceases to be a compliance officer or a licensing officer, the person must immediately return the card to the Commissioner.

        Penalty: a fine of $2 000.

        (4)         A compliance officer or a licensing officer is to produce the card issued to the officer under this section for inspection if requested to do so by —

            (a)         a police officer; or

            (b)         a person in respect of whom a power under section 61, 75, 85 or 86 is being exercised by the compliance officer or licensing officer.

        [Section 7A inserted by No. 4 of 2008 s. 8.]