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TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (PASSENGER TRANSPORT) ACT 1994 - SECT 111

Appointment of authorised persons generally

111 Appointment of authorised persons generally

(1) Every police officer is an authorised person for relevant transport legislation.
(2) Subject to section 111A (1) , the chief executive may appoint any of the following persons to be an authorised person, other than an authorised person (transit officer), for relevant transport legislationβ€”
(a) a public service employee;
(b) an employee of, or a contractor for, a railway manager or railway operator;
(c) an employee of a contractor mentioned in paragraph (b) ;
(d) an employee of, or a contractor for, the Authority;
(e) an employee of a contractor mentioned in paragraph (d) ;
(f) another person prescribed under a regulation.
(3) Subject to section 111A (2) , the chief executive may appoint any of the following persons to be an authorised person (transit officer) (a
"transit officer" ) for relevant transport legislationβ€”
(a) a public service employee;
(b) an employee of a railway manager or railway operator that is a rail government entity;
(c) an employee of the Authority.
(4) The chief executive may restrict the powers of an authorised person (other than a police officer) by written notice given to the person.
(5) An authorised person who is a person mentioned in subsection (2) (b) or (c) or (3) (b) may exercise a power under this Act only in relation to a railway managed or operated by the railway manager or railway operator of whom the person is an employee, a contractor or an employee of a contractor.
(6) Subsection (5) does not apply to an authorised person who isβ€”
(a) an employee of, or a contractor for, a rail government entity; or
(b) an employee of a contractor for the rail government entity.



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