107Powers, &c., of parking attendants

107 Powers, &c., of parking attendants

(1)  A parking attendant shall be provided with a certificate of his employment by the corporation by which he is employed.

(2)  A parking attendant, on production of his certificate of employment as such, may, at any reasonable time –

(a) enter and remain in any premises at which, or at which he reasonably suspects, a person is carrying on the business of letting motor vehicles for hire;

(b) [Section 107 Subsection (2) amended by No. 53 of 1997, Sched. 1, Applied:26 Jun 2000] request any person found in or on the premises to –

(i) produce any records in the person's possession or control about the letting of vehicles for hire; and

(ii) answer questions about those records; and

(c) inspect, or take copies of, or make notes in respect of, any record referred to in paragraph (b) or any part of any such record.

(3)  *[Section 107 Subsection (3) amended by No. 43 of 1991, s. 5 and Sched. 1 ]*Any person who –

(a) prevents or attempts to prevent a parking attendant from exercising any power conferred on him by subsection (2) ;

(b) hinders or obstructs a parking attendant in the exercise of any such power; or

(c) fails to comply with a request of a parking attendant under subsection (2) (b) –

is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 3 penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 month, or both, and, in the case of an offence under paragraph (c) , to an additional fine not exceeding 0·5 penalty unit for every day during which the offence continues.

(4)  A person is not guilty of an offence under subsection (3) (c) by reason of his failure to answer any question referred to in subsection (2) if he proves to the satisfaction of the court before which he is prosecuted for the offence that he did not know, and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained, the answer to the question.