South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts19—Powers of authorised officers
(1) If an authorised
officer reasonably suspects that a person, while at the Museum or other
premises of the Board, has committed, is committing or is about to commit an
offence against this or any other Act, the authorised officer may do any 1 or
more of the following:
(a)
require the person to state his or her full name and usual place of residence;
(b) if
the authorised officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the name or place
of residence stated is false—require the person to produce evidence of
his or her full name or usual place of residence;
(c)
require the person to leave the Museum or those premises immediately and not
to return for a stated period (not exceeding 24 hours) or not to enter the
Museum or those premises;
(d) if
the person refuses or fails to comply with a requirement under
paragraph (c)—use such force as is reasonably necessary for the
purpose of removing or excluding the person from the Museum or those premises;
(e)
cause the person to be detained and handed over into the custody of a police
officer as soon as reasonably practicable.
(2) An authorised
officer may also—
(a)
require a person to surrender any object, substance or thing that the
authorised officer reasonably suspects has been, is being, or is about to be,
used at the Museum or other premises of the Board in contravention of this
Act; and
(b) give
such directions to persons at the Museum or other premises of the Board that
the authorised officer considers necessary for—
(i)
the maintenance of good order, the prevention of
interference with events or other activities, or the safe and efficient
regulation of vehicular or pedestrian traffic, at the Museum or those
premises; or
(ii)
the protection of property under the care or control of
the Board; and
(c) use
such force as may reasonably be required—
(i)
for the purpose of removing or excluding from the Museum
or other premises of the Board a person who refuses or fails to comply with a
requirement or direction under this section; or
(ii)
for the purposes of seizing goods under section 28;
and
(d)
exercise any other prescribed power.
(3) An authorised
officer may, in exercising powers under this Act, be accompanied by such
assistants as are reasonably required in the circumstances.
(4) For the purposes
of this section, a reference to the "Museum or other premises of the Board
includes a reference to a part of the Museum or those premises.