146Persons assisting rail safety officers

146 Persons assisting rail safety officers

146 Persons assisting rail safety officers

(1) A person (the assistant), including an interpreter, may accompany a rail safety officer entering a place under this Part to assist the officer if the officer considers the assistance necessary.

(2) The assistant—

(a) may do such things at the place and in such manner as the rail safety officer reasonably requires to assist the officer in the exercise of his or her powers under this Law; but

(b) must not do anything that the officer does not have power to do, except as permitted under a search warrant.

(3) Anything done lawfully by the assistant is taken for all purposes to have been done by the rail safety officer.