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Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983
208AApplication of powers conferred on protective services officers under this Part
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208A Application of powers conferred on protective services officers under this Part
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a protective services officer may only exercise the powers under this Part in relation to a person who is at, or in the vicinity of, a designated place.
(2) A protective services officer may only exercise the power under section 229 in relation to a person who was at, or in the vicinity of, a designated place at the time of the alleged offence.
Pt 7 Div. 2 (Heading) amended by No. 98/1998 s. 28.
Pt 7 Div. 2 (Heading and ss 209–215) amended by Nos 10085 s. 6, 10087 s. 3(1)(Sch. 1 items 284, 285), 10249 s. 11(a)–(c), 16/1986 s. 30, 127/1986 s. 102(Sch. 4 items 28.14, 28.15, 28.15A (as amended by No. 78/1987 s. 21(d)), 28.16(a)(b)), 44/1989 s. 40(Sch. 1 items 12, 13, 19.1), substituted as Pt 7 Div. 2 (Heading and ss 211–215) by No. 25/1989 s. 42.
Division 2—Transport and ticket infringements
New s. 211 inserted by No. 25/1989 s. 42, amended by Nos 81/1990 s. 7(4), 68/1995 s. 45, 104/1997 s. 34(1), 98/1998
s. 29 (as amended by No. 45/1999 s. 43(1)(a)(b)), 30/2000 s. 18, 11/2002 s. 3 (Sch. 1 item 62.1), repealed by No. 101/2003 s. 15(2).
S. 212 (Heading) inserted by No. 101/2003 s. 15(3).
S. 212 substituted by No. 25/1989 s. 42.