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Land Transport Act 1998

Additional responsibilities concerning road transport

15: Persons not to impersonate enforcement officers

You could also call this:

“Don't pretend to be an officer if you're not one”

You are not allowed to pretend to be an enforcement officer or a dangerous goods enforcement officer if you are not one. This means you can’t use words, act like, or dress up as one of these officers. You also can’t use their name or title.

This rule doesn’t change what section 48 of the Policing Act 2008 says. If you want to know more about that, you can look it up.

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Part 3 Additional responsibilities concerning road transport

15Persons not to impersonate enforcement officers

  1. A person (other than an enforcement officer or a dangerous goods enforcement officer) may not by words, conduct, or demeanour pretend to be an enforcement officer or dangerous goods enforcement officer, or put on or assume the dress, name, designation, or description of an enforcement officer or dangerous goods enforcement officer.

  2. This section does not affect section 48 of the Policing Act 2008.

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Notes
  • Section 15(2): amended, on , by section 130(1) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).