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Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Regulations, enforcement, and other matters - Enforcement officers

97: Duties of enforcement officers

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"What enforcement officers must do when checking places and people"

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When you are in charge of a place and an enforcement officer uses their power under section 93, they must tell you they are an enforcement officer. If you ask, they must show you their identity or proof they are an enforcement officer, or both. You have the right to ask for this information when an enforcement officer is doing their job. The enforcement officer has to follow these rules to make sure you know who they are and why they are there.

When an enforcement officer uses their power under section 94 with you, they must identify themselves as an enforcement officer. If you ask, they must show you their identity or proof they are an enforcement officer, or both. This helps you know the enforcement officer is who they say they are.

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Part 5Regulations, enforcement, and other matters
Enforcement officers

97Duties of enforcement officers

  1. When an enforcement officer exercises any power under section 93 in respect of a place where there is a person in charge, the enforcement officer must—

  2. identify themselves as an enforcement officer to the person in charge; and
    1. if asked by the person in charge to do so, produce to the person evidence of identity, their instrument of appointment as an enforcement officer, or both.

      1. When an enforcement officer exercises any power under section 94 in respect of a person, the enforcement officer must—

      2. identify themselves as an enforcement officer to the person; and
        1. if asked by the person to do so, produce to the person evidence of identity, their instrument of appointment as an enforcement officer, or both.

          Notes
          • Section 97: inserted, on , by section 27 of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 62).