156Warning to be given

156 Warning to be given

156 Warning to be given

(1) Before requiring a person to answer a question or provide information or a document under this Part, a rail safety officer must—

(a) identify himself or herself to the person as a rail safety officer by producing the officer’s identity card or in some other way; and

(b) warn the person that failure to comply with the requirement or to answer the question, without reasonable excuse, would constitute an offence; and

(c) warn the person about the effect of section 155; and

(d) advise the person about the effect of section 245.

(2) It is not an offence for an individual to refuse to answer a question put by a rail safety officer or provide information or a document to a rail safety officer under this Part on the ground that the question, information or document might tend to incriminate him or her, unless he or she was first given the warning in subsection (1)(c).

(3) Nothing in this section prevents a rail safety officer from obtaining and using evidence given to the officer voluntarily by any person.