Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A person shall not
—
(a)
enter or leave a designated area; or
(b)
drive a vehicle into or out of a designated area; or
(c) take
or consign any property into or out of a designated area,
other than by way of a
controlled access point.
(2) A security officer
may —
(a)
require a person who is entering or leaving a designated area to stop; and
(b)
require a person driving a vehicle into or out of a designated area to stop
the vehicle; and
(c)
require a person who is taking or consigning property into or out of a
designated area to produce the property to a security officer for examination;
and
(d)
direct a person to —
(i)
enter or leave a designated area; or
(ii)
drive a vehicle into or out of a designated area; or
(iii)
take or consign any property into or out of a designated
area,
by way of a controlled
access point specified by the security officer.
(3) A person shall not
enter, drive a vehicle into, or take or consign any property into a designated
area without the permission of a security officer on duty at a controlled
access point.
(4) A police officer
acting in the course of his duty shall not be refused permission to enter a
designated area unless he fails to comply with a request made by a security
officer at a controlled access point to —
(a)
produce evidence that he is a police officer; or
(b)
state the purposes for which he wishes to enter the designated area,
to the security
officer.
(5) An authorised
officer shall not be refused permission to enter a designated area unless he
fails to comply with a request made by a security officer at a controlled
access point to —
(a)
furnish his name and address; or
(b)
state and provide evidence of his authority for entering the designated area;
or
(c)
state the purpose for which he wishes to enter the designated area,
to the security
officer.
(6) Subject to
subsections (4) and (5) a security officer may refuse permission without
giving any reason for that refusal.
(7) Without limiting
the generality of subsection (6) permission for a person to enter a designated
area, other than permission that is required to be granted by subsection (4)
or (5), may be withheld by a security officer until the person agrees in
writing to abide by such reasonable conditions of entry as the security
officer considers necessary for the security of the designated area and of
operations, persons and property therein, including, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, a condition that the person will, while within or
leaving the designated area, allow a search of himself (other than a search by
way of an examination of his body cavities), or a search of any vehicle he is
driving or any other property in his possession or under his control, to be
carried out by a security officer whenever requested to do so by a security
officer.
(8) A person who
—
(a)
contravenes subsection (1) or (3); or
(b)
fails to comply with a requirement imposed pursuant to subsection (2)(a),
(2)(b) or (2)(c),
commits an offence and
is liable to a fine not exceeding $5 000 or to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding one year.
(9) A person who
having been given a direction by a security officer pursuant to subsection
(2)(d) —
(a)
enters or leaves a designated area; or
(b)
drives a vehicle into or out of a designated area; or
(c)
takes or consigns any property into or out of a designated area,
by way of a controlled
access point other than that specified by the security officer commits an
offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding $500.
(10) In this section
permission means permission under and for the purposes of subsection (3).