Re: Violence on Sydney trains

["John" <integral@mindless.com>]

Mr Simpson wrote in message <3775F6B1.EC0D5EAF@mail.usyd.edu.au>...
>so who DOES constitue an authorised person, and also who can and can't kick
people
>out?
RAIL SAFETY ACT 1993 - SECT 80
Offenders to state name and address

80. (1) A person reasonably suspected by a police officer or an
authorised officer to be committing or to have committed an offence against
this Act or the regulations may be required to state his or her full name
and
residential address.

(2) A person who:

   (a)  fails or refuses to comply with the requirements of a police officer
        or authorised officer made under this section; or

   (b)  in purported compliance with such a requirement, states a name that
is
        not his or her name or an address that is not his or her residential
        address,
is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

(3) A person is not guilty of an offence under this section unless it is
established that the police officer or authorised officer:

   (a)  warned the person that a failure or refusal to comply with the
        requirement is an offence; and

   (b)  identified himself or herself as a police officer or as an
        authorised officer.

(4) In this section, "authorised officer" includes, in the case of a railway
specified in an accreditation under this Act, a person nominated by a person
accredited in respect of that railway and appointed by the Director-General
to
be an authorised officer for the purposes of this section.

(5) The authority of a person appointed under subsection (4):

   (a)  is limited to the railway specified in the accreditation of the
person
        who nominates the person to the Director-General for appointment;
and

   (b)  may be limited by the instrument of appointment to matters specified
        in the instrument.

(6) The Director-General must furnish a person authorised under subsection
(4)
with a certificate of appointment as an authorised officer and the officer
must, if requested to do so, produce the certificate to any person requested
by the officer to comply with this section.

(7) Information obtained under this section by a person appointed under
subsection (4) must be forwarded to the Director-General for consideration
and, if appropriate, the taking of action in accordance with this Division.

Also this one.

TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION (RAILWAY OFFENCES) REGULATION 1994 - SECT 3A
Meaning of "authorised person"

3A. (1) "Authorised person" means (except in Part 4):

   (a)  an officer or employee of the SRA, or

   (b)  a person who, or a person of a class that, is authorised in writing
by
        the SRA for the purposes of this Regulation, or

   (c)  a police officer.

(2) In Part 4, "authorised person" means:

   (a)  an officer or employee of RAC, or

   (b)  a person who, or a person of a class that, is authorised in writing
by
        RAC for the purposes of this Regulation, or

   (c)  a police officer.

(3) In addition, a reference to an "authorised person":

   (a)  in clauses 29 (2) (a) and 30 (4) (a) includes a reference to a
person
        referred to in subclause (1), and

   (b)  in clauses 14 (2), 26 (2), 27 (3) and 41 (1), includes a reference
to
        a person referred to in subclause (2).

And this one.

TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION (RAILWAY OFFENCES) REGULATION 1994 - SECT 43
Removal of persons from trains and SRA premises

43. A person who fails to comply with a direction under this Regulation to
leave any train or SRA premises may be removed from the train or premises by
a
police officer.

I hope this will clear things up a bit for the misinformed ones with us.