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PUBLIC TRANSPORT AUTHORITY ACT 2003 - SECT 56

56 .         Authorised persons and security officers

        (1)         The chief executive officer may, in writing, designate a person to be an authorised person for the purposes of provisions of this Act specified in the instrument of designation, but a person who is authorised to give infringement notices under section 44 is not eligible to be an authorised person for the purposes of section 45, 46, or 47.

        (2)         The chief executive officer may, in writing, designate a person employed by the Authority to be a security officer for the purposes of this Act.

        (3)         In subsection (2) —

        person employed by the Authority does not include a person referred to in section 10(2) or (3).

        (4)         A person cannot be a security officer unless the chief executive officer is satisfied that the person is suitably trained to perform the functions that this Act gives to a security officer.

        (5)         A person can, at the same time, be a security officer and an authorised person.

        (6)         The chief executive officer is to issue to each authorised person and to each security officer a certificate of that person’s designation, and the authorised person or security officer is to produce the certificate if required to do so by a person in respect of whom a power has been or is about to be exercised.



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