Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

POLICE FORCE REGULATIONS 1979 - REG 908A

908A .         Certificates of Authority of police auxiliary officers

        (1)         A police auxiliary officer who is on duty, whether in uniform or not, must carry his or her Certificate of Authority.

        (2)         A police auxiliary officer who is not in uniform must display his or her Certificate of Authority at all times while on police property or in police buildings, whether or not he or she is on duty at the time.

        (3)         A police auxiliary officer must not transfer his or her Certificate of Authority to a member or cadet or another police auxiliary officer.

        (4)         A police auxiliary officer must not permit any person, whether or not a member or police auxiliary officer, to use his or her Certificate of Authority.

        (5)         In addition to the duties to identify himself or herself in the Criminal Investigation Act 2006 , a police auxiliary officer, whether in uniform or not, must produce his or her Certificate of Authority whenever requested to do so by a person in relation to whom he or she is about to exercise any power or duty as a police auxiliary officer unless —

            (a)         he or she has a reasonable cause to refuse to do so; or

            (b)         it is not possible to do so.

        [Regulation 908A inserted in Gazette 12 Mar 2010 p. 956.]