505Procedure for entry with consent

505 Procedure for entry with consent

505 Procedure for entry with consent

(1) This section applies if an authorised officer is intending to ask the occupier for consent to enter a place under this Division (otherwise than under section 502).

(2) Before asking for consent, the authorised officer must identify himself or herself to a person who is an occupier of the place and is present by producing—

(a) for an authorised officer who is a police officer—an identity card or other document evidencing the officer’s appointment as a police officer; or

(b) for an authorised officer who is not a police officer—the identity card issued to the officer under this Law or another document evidencing the officer’s appointment as an authorised officer.

(3) Subsection (2)(a) does not apply to a police officer in uniform.