28Persons to assist authorised officers

#### 28 Persons to assist authorised officers (1) Subject to subsection (2), the owner, or person in charge, of any vehicle, ship or aircraft boarded or entered by an authorized officer, and the owner or occupier of any premises entered by an authorized officer, under section 25 shall, if requested by an authorized officer to do so, provide reasonable assistance to the authorized officer for the purpose of the exercise of the authorized officer’s powers under that section or section 26 in relation to that vehicle, ship or aircraft or those premises. Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months. (1A) In subsection (1), strict liability applies to the physical elements of circumstance, that: (a) the boarding or entry takes place under section 25; and (b) the powers to be exercised by the authorized officer are under section 25 or 26 (or both). > Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code. (2) Where an authorized officer makes a request of a person under subsection (1), the authorized officer shall produce his or her identity card for inspection by the person and, if the authorized officer fails to do so, the person is not obliged to comply with the request.