Bus Services Industry Act 2015 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7A · Conduct of Individuals on Buses and at Bus Depots and Bus Interchanges
42AG. Powers of authorised officer
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The powers that an authorised officer may exercise for the purpose mentioned in section 42AF(1) are all or any of the following:
to enter, at any reasonable time, any bus, bus depot or bus interchange;
to require an individual suspected of committing an offence under this Part or the Regulations to provide evidence of the individual’s identity as may be required by the authorised officer;
to advise the individual to stop engaging in conduct that is an offence under this Part or the Regulations;
to photograph or film, or otherwise record the place where, or in respect of which, an offence under this Part or the Regulations was committed or is reasonably suspected to have been committed, and any individual in that place;
to take statements —
from an individual mentioned in paragraph (b) or (d); and
from any complainant against the individual mentioned in paragraph (b),and to require such an individual to make and sign a declaration of the truth of the statement made by the individual.
Any person who refuses to give access to, or obstructs, hinders or delays, an authorised officer or a person authorised under section 42AI in the exercise of his or her powers under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
Any person who —
refuses to provide any information required of the person by an authorised officer under subsection (1) or by a person authorised under section 42AI acting under subsection (1); or
wilfully misstates that information,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500.