Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) If a police
officer is satisfied that an alarm —
(a) has
been sounding in or on any premises or a vehicle for not less than such period
as is prescribed; and
(b) is
emitting unreasonable noise,
the police officer may
—
(c)
enter the premises or vehicle referred to in paragraph (a); and
(d) take
all such steps as appear to the police officer to be reasonably necessary for
or in connection with stopping the alarm from sounding,
with the aid of such
assistants as the police officer considers necessary and with the use of
reasonable force.
(2) A police officer
who has exercised the powers conferred by subsection (1) shall cause such
persons or public authorities as appear to the police officer to be
appropriate in the circumstances to be informed promptly of that exercise.
(3) The CEO shall pay
to an assistant referred to in subsection (1) the amount of any reasonable fee
charged by that assistant in respect of aid rendered by that assistant under
that subsection.
[(4) deleted]
[Section 99 amended: No. 6 of 1993 s. 11; No. 49
of 1996 s. 64; No. 57 of 1997 s. 54(5) and (6); No. 54 of 2003 s. 128 and
140(2); No. 77 of 2006 s. 4; No. 40 of 2020 s. 76 and 111(1).]
[Heading inserted: No. 14 of 1998 s. 14.]
[Heading inserted: No. 40 of 2020 s. 77.]