Powers of fire investigators
23 Powers of fire investigators
(1) A fire investigator may request a person to provide his or her name and address to the fire investigator where the fire investigator believes, on reasonable grounds, that the person may be able to assist the fire investigator in connection with the investigation of a fire or other emergency.
(2) A person to whom a request is made under subsection (1) must not:
refuse or fail to comply with the request; or
provide a name that is false in a material particular; or
(c) provide an address other than the full and correct address of his or her ordinary place of residence.
(3) In addition to section 24, where a fire investigator suspects, on reasonable grounds, that an offence has been committed in relation to a fire or other emergency, the fire investigator may, for the purposes of investigating the offence, exercise any of the following powers:
enter any land, building, vehicle or vessel; and
carry out a search of the land, building, vehicle or vessel; and
(c) seize anything found on the land, building, vehicle or vessel that the fire investigator believes, on reasonable grounds, is connected with the commission of the offence.
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