Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) An enforcement
agency must issue to each person who is an authorised officer by virtue of a
designation by the agency a certificate of authority as an authorised officer.
(2) The certificate of
authority must —
(a)
state that it is issued under this Act; and
(b)
state the name of the person to whom it is issued and bear —
(i)
a photograph or digital image of that person; and
(ii)
the person’s signature;
and
(c)
state the date, if any, on which it expires; and
(d)
specify —
(i)
the Acts or the provisions of the Acts for the purposes
of which the person is designated as an authorised officer; and
(ii)
any provisions of an Act that are excluded from the
designation;
and
(e)
specify any conditions or restrictions to which the person’s authority
is subject; and
(f) bear
the signature of the person by whom it is issued and state the capacity in
which the person is acting in issuing the certificate.
(3) An authorised
officer must produce the certificate of authority —
(a) if
asked to do so by the person in charge of any premises entered under this Act
by the authorised officer; or
(b) if
asked to do so by a person who, under this Act, is required by the authorised
officer to produce anything or to answer any question.
(4) If an enforcement
agency is satisfied that obtaining a photograph or digital image of a person
to whom a certificate of authority is to be issued, or the person’s
signature, would unreasonably delay the issuing of the certificate to that
person, the enforcement agency may issue a temporary certificate of authority
that does not comply with either or both of the requirements of subsection
(2)(b).
(5) A temporary
certificate of authority —
(a) is
valid for the period, not exceeding one month, that is stated on the
certificate; but
(b)
otherwise has the same effect as an ordinary certificate of authority issued
under this section.