8General powers on entry or boarding

8 General powers on entry or boarding

S. 8(1) amended by No. 41/2019 s. 24(a).

(1) A transport safety officer who enters bus premises or marine premises or a bus or boards a vessel under section 6 may do any of the following—

S. 8(1)(a) amended by No. 41/2019 s. 24(b).

(a) search, inspect and examine the premises, bus or vessel;

S. 8(1)(b) amended by No. 41/2019 s. 24(b).

(b) make inquiries at the premises or on the bus or vessel;

S. 8(1)(c) amended by No. 41/2019 s. 24(b).

(c) inspect, examine or copy any thing (including a document) at the premises or on the bus or vessel;

S. 8(1)(d) amended by No. 41/2019 s. 24(c).

(d) bring to the premises or onto the bus or vessel, and use at the premises or on the bus or vessel, any equipment or materials that may be required;

S. 8(1)(e) substituted by No. 41/2019 s. 24(d).

(e) enter or open, using reasonable force, the bus or vessel or a thing on the bus or vessel, to examine the bus, vessel or other thing;

(f) take measurements, make surveys and take levels at the premises and, for those purposes, dig trenches, break up the soil and set up any posts, stakes or markers at the premises;

(g) conduct tests and make sketches or recordings (including photographs, films, audio, video, digital or other recordings)—

(i) at the premises or on or of any road vehicle at the premises; or

S. 8(1)(g)(ii) amended by No. 41/2019 s. 24(e).

(ii) on or of a bus or vessel;

(h) mark, tag or otherwise identify—

(i) a road vehicle or other thing at the premises;

S. 8(1)(h)(ii) amended by No. 41/2019 s. 24(e)(f).

(ii) a bus or vessel or a thing on the bus or vessel;

S. 8(1)(i) amended by Nos 68/2017 s. 109, 41/2019 s. 24(g).

(i) seize any thing (including a document)—

(i) at the premises or in a road vehicle at the premises; or

S. 8(1)(i)(ii) amended by No. 41/2019 s. 24(f).

(ii) on the bus or vessel—

if the officer reasonably believes the thing is evidence of an offence against this Act or a transport safety law;

S. 8(1)(j) amended by No. 41/2019 s. 24(h).

(j) seize any thing at the premises or on the bus or vessel if the transport safety officer believes on reasonable grounds that it is necessary to seize the thing in order to prevent its concealment, loss or destruction;

S. 8(1)(k) amended by No. 41/2019 s. 24(h).

(k) take and remove for analysis, testing or examination a sample of any substance or thing from the premises or the bus or vessel without paying for it;