Appointment of wardens
13 Appointment of wardens
The
Minister may, by instrument in writing, appoint any person who has prescribed qualifications to be a warden under this Act.
A warden will be appointed for a term specified in the instrument of appointment.
The
Minister may, in the instrument of appointment, authorise the warden to exercise his or her powers in respect of the whole, or any specified portion, of the State.
Where the authority of a warden is limited by the instrument of appointment or by this section to any specified portion of the
State, the powers conferred on the warden under this Act are exercisable only within that portion of the State.
Every person appointed and holding office as a warden under the National
Parks Act is a warden for the purposes of this Act and may exercise his or her powers as a warden throughout the State or in that part of the State to which his or her powers are limited under the
National Parks Act.
Every police officer is, while holding office as such, a warden competent to exercise powers as such in any part of the State.
Where a mining tenement is in force in relation to a wilderness protection zone, a person who has authority to exercise powers in relation to the mining tenement by virtue of being an authorised person or inspector under the Mining
Act 1971, an authorised officer under the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act 2000, an inspector under the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 or an inspector under the Offshore
Minerals Act 2000, is a warden competent to exercise powers as such in relation to the wilderness protection zone in relation to which the mining tenement is in force.
A warden must, while acting as such, carry an identity card issued by the Minister under this Act or the National Parks Act or, if the warden is a police officer, the officer's warrant card, and the warden must produce the card for inspection by the person against whom the warden proposes to exercise any of the powers conferred by this Act.
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