Western Australian Numbered Acts

ENERGY SAFETY ACT 2006 (NO. 24 OF 2006) - SECT 29

29 .         Designation and identification of investigators

        (1)         The Director of Energy Safety may designate persons to be investigators for the purposes of this Act.

        (2)         The Director of Energy Safety must issue an identification card to each investigator.

        (3)         An investigator should —

            (a)         carry his or her identification card while performing functions under this Act; and

            (b)         if it is practicable to do so, produce it before exercising a power of an investigator under this Act.

        (4)         A person who has been issued with an identification card and who ceases to be an investigator must return the card to the Director of Energy Safety as soon as practicable.

        (5)         A person who contravenes subsection (4) without reasonable excuse, the onus of proving which is on the person, commits an offence.

        Penalty: a fine of $1 000.