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Electricity Act 1992

Disciplinary provisions - Investigations

147A: Secretary must supply warrant of authority

You could also call this:

“Secretary must give investigators a special card to show they can do their job”

The Secretary must give a written warrant to an investigator who wants to use their powers under section 147(1)(a). This warrant needs to include the section number, the investigator’s full name, and a list of their powers.

If you don’t have this warrant, you’re not allowed to say that you do. It’s against the law to pretend you have a warrant when you don’t, or to pretend to be someone named in a real warrant. If you break this law, you could be fined up to $10,000.

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Part 11 Disciplinary provisions
Investigations

147ASecretary must supply warrant of authority

  1. The Secretary must supply to an investigator who intends to act under section 147(1)(a), a written warrant of authority that contains—

  2. a reference to that provision; and
    1. the full name of the investigator; and
      1. a statement of the powers conferred by that provision.

        1. A person who does not have a warrant supplied under this section must not represent himself or herself to be the holder of a warrant supplied under this section.

        2. Every person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 who—

        3. fails to comply with subsection (2); or
          1. impersonates or falsely pretends to be a person named in a warrant supplied under this section.

            Notes
            • Section 147A: inserted, on , by section 13 of the Electricity Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 70).
            • Section 147A(3): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).
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