101A. Powers for day‑to‑day operations

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2018.

(1)

The Commissioner or any member authorised by the Commissioner may, if the action authorised by this section appears to him or her to be necessary for the discharge of the function in section 4(1)(c) —

(a)

enter upon and, if necessary, break into any place, building, premises or land;

(b)

remove from any place, vehicle, structure or thing impeding such operations and, to facilitate its removal, use such force as is reasonably necessary or break into any such vehicle;

(c)

remove, using reasonable force if necessary, any individual whose life, health or safety is, in his or her opinion, endangered;

(d)

stop individuals from entering, or close or cause to be closed to traffic, any road, street, path, private street, private way, service lane, waterway, right of way or access way or other way;

(e)

shut off or disconnect the supply of gas, fuel oil, water or electricity to any premises or order any person having the control of such supply to shut off or disconnect the supply;

(f)

require any individual whom he or she has reason to suspect has been exposed to any hazardous material in a hazardous materials incident to undergo such medical examination and medical treatment at such place or hospital as he or she may specify; and

(g)

seize any thing that is contaminated by any hazardous material as a result of a hazardous materials incident and dispose of the thing.

(2)

The Commissioner or any member authorised by the Commissioner may, for the purposes of facilitating the provision of urgent medical care to an individual whose identity is not known and who is unconscious or otherwise unable to communicate, take the individual’s fingerprints or other personal identifiers.