184Production of identification during searches

184 Production of identification during searches

(1) An inspector conducting a search of a tow truck under this Division must, if asked to do so, produce for inspection—

(a) if the inspector is an authorised officer, his or her identity card;

S. 184(1)(b) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 3.6).

(b) if the inspector is a police officer who is not in uniform, his or her identification as a police officer .

(2) An inspector must comply with subsection (1) even if he or she has complied with section 183.

S. 184(3) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 3.6).

(3) An inspector who is a police officer and who is in uniform conducting a search of a tow truck under this Division must, if requested to do so by the driver or other person apparently in charge of the tow truck, state orally his or her name, rank and place of duty unless he or she has already done so to that driver or other person in compliance with section 183 or this subsection.

(4) It is not necessary for an inspector to comply with a request to produce identification that is made by a person to whom the inspector has already produced that identification before or during a search.