Production of identification during inspection or search
117 Production of identification during inspection or search
An inspector conducting an inspection or a search of a heavy vehicle under this Division must, if asked to do so, produce for inspection—
if the inspector is an authorised officer—
his or her identity card; and
if the inspector is acting under an authorisation issued under section 112(1)(c) or 112(1)(d), the document given to him or her under section 112(3); or
S. 117(1)(b) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 147.50).
if the inspector is a police officer who is not in uniform, his or her identification as a police officer.
An inspector must comply with subsection (1) even if he or she has complied with section 116.
S. 117(3) substituted by No. 94/2003 s. 23(3), amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 147.50).
An inspector who is a police officer and who is in uniform conducting an inspection or a search of a heavy vehicle under this Division must, if requested to do so by the driver or other person apparently in charge of the vehicle, state orally his or her name, rank and place of duty unless he or she has already done so to that driver or other person in compliance with section 116 or this subsection.
It is not necessary for an inspector to comply with a request to produce identification that is made by a person to whom the inspector has already produced that identification before or during an inspection or search.
S. 118 inserted by No. 44/2003 s. 3.
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