Section 6A: Beach enforcement officers
This section is inserted by Act No 13 of 2019, section 4.
consolidated text (as amended). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
6A. Beach enforcement officers
(1) The Authority shall, in the exercise of its powers
under this Act, be assisted by beach enforcement officers.
(2) A beach enforcement officer shall, in the
discharge of his functions under this Act –
(a) in the case of an officer of the Authority –
(i) hold a card signed by the General
Manager showing his authority;
(ii) produce that card, upon request, to
any person affected;
(b) in the case of a beach enforcement officer
other than one referred to in paragraph (a),
produce a form of identification, upon
request, to any person affected.
(3) In this section –
“person affected” means a person on whom a
notice is served or is proposed to be served.
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(c) in section 18 –
(i) by repealing subsection (1) and replacing it by the
following subsection –
(1) Where –
(a) the Authority has reason to believe
that any regulations made under
this Act have been, are being or are
likely to be contravened;
(b) any eyesore, littering or illegal
structure is detected on any public
beach,
a beach enforcement officer may serve a notice on that
person requiring him to ensure, within such time as
may be specified in the notice, that such contravention
does not occur or continue, as the case may be.
(ii) in subsection (2)(a), by inserting, after the words “shall
indicate”, the words “the provision of this Act or”.
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Questions this section answers
- Must a beach enforcement officer show identification when enforcing beach rules against me?