Assistance to exercise powers
223 Assistance to exercise powers
A wildlife officer exercising a power under this Act may authorise as many other persons to assist in exercising the power as are reasonably necessary in the circumstances.
A person who under subsection (1) is authorised by a wildlife officer to assist in exercising a power must obey any lawful and reasonable direction given to the person by the wildlife officer when assisting in exercising the power.
For the purposes of section 273, a person who assists in exercising a power under this Act having been authorised by a wildlife officer to do so is to be taken to be performing a function under this Act.
The protection from liability given to a person because of the operation of subsection (3) does not extend to anything done or omitted to be done by the person in contravention of a lawful and reasonable direction referred to in subsection (2).
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