Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997
198APower to disable intruder alarms
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198A Power to disable intruder alarms
198A Power to disable intruder alarms
(1) An authorised officer may turn off or otherwise disable a building intruder alarm or a motor vehicle intruder alarm that is or has been sounding in breach of this Act or the regulations.
(2) In this section—
motor vehicle intruder alarm means a device that—
(a) incorporates or connects to a sounding device, and
(b) on being triggered, causes the sounding device to emit sound,
being a device that is attached to or forms part of the motor vehicle for use as an intruder alarm, whether or not the device is also designed to be used for any other purpose.
s 198A: Ins 2005 No 96, Sch 1 [87].