Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) If an authorised
person or police officer considers that any unreasonable noise has been or is
being emitted from any premises, the authorised person or police officer may
—
(a)
direct, either orally or in writing as the authorised person or police officer
considers appropriate —
(i)
the person whom the authorised person or police officer
believes to be the occupier of those premises to cause the emission of that
unreasonable noise to cease; or
(ii)
any person whom the authorised person or police officer
believes to be making or contributing to the making of that unreasonable noise
to cease making or contributing to the making of that unreasonable noise;
or
(b) take
such measures or cause such measures to be taken as the authorised person or
police officer considers necessary to abate the emission of that unreasonable
noise or to remove the likelihood of any unreasonable noise being emitted.
(2) A person who does
not without reasonable excuse comply with a direction given by an authorised
person or police officer under subsection (1) commits an offence.
(3) A person shall not
be convicted of an offence under subsection (2) unless it is proved that the
noise to which the relevant direction relates was an unreasonable noise.
(4) A direction given
under subsection (1) shall have effect for such period not exceeding 7 days as
is specified in that direction, but may within that period be revoked by
—
(a) the
authorised person or police officer who gave it; or
(b) a
person prescribed for the purposes of this subsection.
[Section 81 amended: No. 40 of 2020 s. 111(1).]