Production of identification
26 Production of identification
In this section —
incident means —
a single incident; or
a connected series of incidents involving the same or substantially the same parties and occurring during a period of 72 hours.
This section applies to a power conferred on a person under a road law, but only if the physical presence of the person at the scene is necessary for the exercise of the power.
A warden who is exercising or about to exercise a power for MDLR compliance purposes or RTA Part 6A compliance purposes is required to identify himself or herself and to produce the warden’s identification card for inspection.
A police officer who is exercising or about to exercise a power is required to identify himself or herself, by either of the following methods (at the officer’s choice) —
producing his or her police identification;
stating orally or in writing his or her name, rank and place of duty.
A warden or police officer is required to comply with a requirement under subsection (3) or (4) as soon as is reasonably practicable.
A warden or police officer need only identify himself or herself once to a particular person during the course of an incident, even though more than one power is being exercised during the course of the incident.
[Section 26 amended: No. 38 of 2020 s. 11.]
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