21Police or public official may serve notice to appear

21 Police or public official may serve notice to appear S. 21(1) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 41.3). (1) A police officer or a public official acting in the performance of his or her duties may serve on a person a notice to appear if the police officer or public official reasonably suspects that the person has committed— (a) a summary offence; or (b) an indictable offence that may be heard and determined summarily. (2) A notice to appear must— (a) state the name of the person serving the notice; and (b) if the notice is served by a public official, state the name of the employer of the public official; and (c) state a telephone number and email address at which the person serving the notice may be contacted and the business address of the person and may state similar details for a person authorised to act in relation to the notice on behalf of the person serving the notice; and (d) state the full name and address of the person served with the notice; and (e) state the offence that the person served with the notice is suspected of having committed; and (f) state in general terms the circumstances of the suspected offence; and (g) direct the person served with the notice to appear at a venue of the Magistrates' Court on a date (at least 28 days after the date of service of the notice) and at a time specified in the notice to answer any charge in respect of the suspected offence; and (h) include a summary of this Division; and (i) be signed by the person serving the notice. (3) A notice to appear must be served by— (a) giving it to the person to be served; or (b) if the person does not accept it, by putting it down in the person's presence and telling the person the nature of the document.