South Australian Current Acts

SHERIFF'S ACT 1978 - SECT 9D

9D—Arrangements under which police officers may exercise powers of security officers

        (1)         The sheriff may enter into an arrangement with the Commissioner of Police under which police officers are authorised (without appointment) to exercise the powers of security officers on a temporary basis.

        (2)         In exercising powers pursuant to such an arrangement, a police officer is responsible to the sheriff.

        (3)         In any proceedings an apparently genuine document purporting to be a certificate of the sheriff certifying that a specified police officer was authorised for a specified period or at a specified time or in specified circumstances to exercise the powers of a security officer in accordance with an arrangement under subsection (1) constitutes proof, in the absence of proof to the contrary, of the matters so certified.