Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

PUBLIC ORDER (PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY) REGULATIONS 1999 1999 No. 26 - REG 5

(1) Before exercising a power under section 13C or 13D of the Act in relation
to a person, an authorised officer must, if practicable:

   (a)  tell the person that the officer is an authorised officer for Part IIA
        of the Act; and

   (b)  in the case of a constable Ñ disclose the officer's identification as
        a constable; and

   (c)  in any other case Ñ disclose the officer's identity card.

(2) For this regulation, an authorised officer's identity card is a card of a
durable nature, that:

   (a)  displays a recent photograph of the officer; and

   (b)  states that the holder of the card is an authorised officer for Part
        IIA of the Act; and

   (c)  identifies, by office, the person on whose authority the card is
        issued.