Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

PUBLIC UNLEASED LAND ACT 2013 - SECT 94

    (1)     A police officer or authorised person may direct—

        (a)     an approval-holder to produce the approval; or

        (b)     a permit-holder to produce—

              (i)     the permit; and

              (ii)     if the permit includes a financial assurance condition requiring the permit-holder to hold a stated kind of insurance policy—the insurance policy.

Note     It is an offence to make a false or misleading statement or give false or misleading information (see Criminal Code

, pt 3.4).

    (2)     The direction must be in writing and state—

        (a)     the approval, permit or policy to be produced; and

        (b)     where and to whom the approval, permit or policy is to be produced; and

        (c)     when the direction must be complied with.

Note     Power to make the direction includes power to amend or repeal the direction (see Legislation Act

, s 46).

    (3)     The police officer or authorised person may do 1 or more of the following:

        (a)     inspect the approval, permit or policy produced;

        (b)     make copies of, or take extracts from the approval, permit or policy produced;

        (c)     seize and remove the approval, permit or policy produced if the officer or person believes on reasonable grounds that it may provide evidence of an offence against this Act.

    (4)     In this section:

"approval-holder" means a person who holds—

        (a)     closed road approval; or

        (b)     a work approval; or

        (c)     a sign approval.