Victorian Numbered Acts

TRANSPORT (SAFETY SCHEMES COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT) ACT 2014 (NO. 27 OF 2014) - SECT 119

    (1)     A transport safety officer must produce his or her identity card for inspection—

        (a)     before exercising a power under this Act or a transport safety or infrastructure law; or

        (b)     if asked to do so by any person at any time during the exercise of a power under this Act or a transport safety or infrastructure law.

    (2)     However, a transport safety officer need not produce his or her identity card when asked to do so if—

        (a)     the officer reasonably believes that the production of his or her identity card would—

              (i)     affect the safety or welfare of any person; or

              (ii)     frustrate the effective exercise of a power under this Act or a transport safety or infrastructure law; or

        (b)     the request to produce his or her identity card is made by a person to whom the officer has already produced that identity card on the same day before exercising a power under this Act or a transport safety or infrastructure law.

    (3)     Any action taken or thing done by a transport safety officer under this Act or a transport safety or infrastructure law is not invalidated by his or her failure to produce his or her identity card.