Duties, functions and powers of peace officers
6(1)Peace officers under this Act
(a)
may exercise any powers that a peace officer has under the
Motor Vehicle Act to enforce the provisions of this Act and the regulations,
(b)
may exercise the powers set out in subsection (2), and
(c)
shall have the duties, functions and powers established by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council in the regulations.
6(2)Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), if a peace officer reasonably believes that the operator of a vehicle is required to produce and deliver or to deliver a transportation certificate in circumstances described in section 3, the peace officer, when on duty, has the power to require the operator of the vehicle to stop and to produce and deliver or to deliver, as the case may be, an accurately completed transportation certificate, the operator’s driver’s licence and the vehicle’s registration certificate, as required under section 3.
6(3)For the purposes of this Act and the regulations, section 13 of the
Fish and Wildlife Act applies to a conservation officer appointed under the
Crown Lands and Forests Act.
1999, c.T-11.02, s.4; 2001, c.39, s.6; 2011, c.14, s.5; 2013, c.39, s.20