South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts60—Insertion of Parts 3 and 3A
Before Part 4 insert:
Part 3—Authorised officers
23—Appointment of authorised officers
(1) The Minister may appoint persons to be authorised officers for the purposes of this Act.
(2) Each police officer is an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act.
(3) An appointment under subsection (1) may be made subject to conditions or limitations specified in the instrument of appointment (and the exercise by an authorised officer of powers conferred under this Act is subject to the conditions and limitations (if any) specified in his or her instrument of appointment).
(4) An authorised officer other than a police officer must be issued with an identity card—
(a) containing the person’s name and a photograph of the person; and
(b) stating that the person is an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act; and
(c) stating any conditions or limitations on the authorised officer’s authority.
(5) An authorised officer must, at the request of a person in relation to whom the authorised officer intends to exercise any powers under this Act, produce for inspection by the person—
(a) in the case of an authorised officer appointed under subsection (1)—his or her identity card; and
(b) in the case of an authorised officer who is a police officer and is not in uniform—his or her certificate of authority.
(6) If a person in possession of an identity card issued to the person under this section ceases to be an authorised officer, the person must immediately return the identity card to the Minister.
Maximum penalty: $250.
24—Powers of authorised officers
(1) If an authorised officer reasonably suspects that a person, while at a library 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 library or those premises immediately and not to return for a stated period or not to enter the library 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 library 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 a library or other premises of the Board in contravention of this Act; and
(b) give such directions to persons at a library 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 library 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 a library 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 29; 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 a "library or other premises of the Board includes a reference to a part of a library or those premises.
25—Hindering etc authorised officers
(1) A person who—
(a) without reasonable excuse hinders or obstructs an authorised officer; or
(b) fails to answer a question put by an authorised officer to the best of his or her knowledge, information or belief; or
(c) produces a document that he or she knows, or ought to know, is false or misleading in a material particular; or
(d) fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement or direction of an authorised officer under this Act; or
(e) uses abusive, threatening or insulting language to an authorised officer or a person assisting an authorised officer; or
(f) falsely represents, by words or conduct, that he or she is an authorised officer,
is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $2 500.
(2) A person is not obliged to answer a question or to produce a document as required under this Act if to do so might tend to incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty.
Part 3A—Official insignia
26—Interpretation
(1) In this Part—
"official insignia" means—
(a) an official title (declared under section 27); or
(b) a logo (declared under section 27); or
(c) a combination of the above.
(2) For the purposes of this Part, goods will be taken to be marked with official insignia if the insignia is affixed or annexed to, marked on, or incorporated in or with—
(a) the goods; or
(b) any covering or container in which the goods are wholly or partly enclosed; or
(c) anything placed in or attached to any such covering or container; or
(d) anything that is attached to the goods or around which the goods are wrapped or wound.
27—Official titles and logos
(1) State Library of South Australia is declared to be an official title.
(2) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette—
(a) declare some other name under which the Board may conduct its operations or part of its operations to be an official title; or
(b) declare a name or a title of an event or activity conducted or promoted by the Board to be an official title; or
(c) declare a logo (being a design, the copyright of which is vested in the Crown in right of the State) to be a logo in respect of the Board or a particular event or activity conducted or promoted by the Board.
(3) However, the Minister must not make a declaration under subsection (2) in relation to a name or title that is registered or otherwise protected under another Act unless the Minister is acting with the consent or agreement of the person who has the benefit of the registration or protection.
(4) An official title declared under this section is not required to be registered or otherwise protected under any other Act.
(5) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, vary or revoke a notice under this section.
28—Unlawful use of official insignia
(1) The Board has a proprietary interest in all official insignia.
(2) A person must not, without the consent of the Board, in the course of a trade or business—
(a) use a name in which the Board has a proprietary interest under this section for the purpose of promoting the sale of services or the provision of any benefits; or
(b) sell goods marked with official insignia; or
(c) use official insignia for the purpose of promoting the sale of goods or services.
Maximum penalty: $20 000.
(3) A person must not, without the consent of the Board, assume a name or description that consists of, or includes, official insignia.
Maximum penalty: $20 000.
(4) A consent under this section—
(a) may be given with or without conditions (including conditions requiring payment to the Board); and
(b) may be given generally by notice in the Gazette or by notice in writing addressed to an applicant for the consent; and
(c) may be revoked by the Board for breach of a condition by notice in writing given personally or by post to a person who has the benefit of the consent.
(5) The Supreme Court may, on the application of the Board, grant an injunction to restrain a breach of this section.
(6) The court by which a person is convicted of an offence against this section may, on the application of the Board, order the convicted person to pay compensation of an amount fixed by the court to the Board.
(7) Subsections (5) and (6) do not derogate from any civil remedy that may be available to the Board apart from those subsections.
29—Seizure etc of goods marked with official insignia
(1) If—
(a) goods apparently intended for a commercial purpose are marked with official insignia; and
(b) an authorised officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the use of the insignia has not been authorised by the Board,
the authorised officer may seize those goods.
(2) If goods have been seized under this section and—
(a) proceedings are not instituted for an offence against section 28(2) in relation to the goods within 3 months of their seizure; or
(b) after proceedings have been instituted and completed, the defendant is not convicted,
the person from whom they were seized is entitled to recover—
(c) the goods or, if they have been destroyed, compensation equal to the market value of the goods at the time of their seizure; and
(d) compensation for any loss suffered by reason of the seizure of the goods.
(3) An action for the payment of compensation under subsection (2) may be brought against the Board in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(4) The court by which a person is convicted of an offence against this Act may order that goods to which the offence relates be forfeited to the Crown.
(5) Any goods forfeited to the Crown must be disposed of in such manner as the Minister may direct and, if sold, the proceeds of the sale paid into the Consolidated Account.