Powers of peace officer
15(1)The Minister and such persons as the Minister may designate are deemed to be peace officers for the purpose of this Act and have the power
(a)
of peace officers for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Act and of any other law regulating the operation of vehicles or the use of the highways,
(b)
to arrest in accordance with section 119 of the
Provincial Offences Procedure Act a person violating a provision of this Act or any other law regulating the operation of vehicles or the use of highways,
(c)
to direct traffic in conformance with law and in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to insure safety to direct traffic as conditions may require notwithstanding the provisions of law,
(d)
when on duty, to require the driver of any vehicle to stop and exhibit his licence and the registration certificate for the vehicle and submit to an inspection of such vehicle, and the registration plates and the registration certificate thereon or to an inspection or test of the equipment of such vehicle,
(e)
to inspect any vehicle of a type required to be registered hereunder in any garage other than a private garage or in any repair shop or in any place where such vehicles are held for sale or wrecking, for the purpose of locating stolen vehicles and investigating the registration thereof,
(f)
to serve all warrants relating to the enforcement of the laws regulating the operation of vehicles or the use of the highway, and
(g)
to investigate traffic accidents and secure testimony of witnesses or of persons involved.
15(1.1)The Minister may designate any
(a)
fishery officer designated under the
Fisheries Act (Canada),
(b)
conservation officer appointed under the
Fish and Wildlife Act,
(c)
assistant conservation officer appointed under the
Fish and Wildlife Act, while accompanied by or acting under the immediate supervision of a conservation officer, and
(d)
conservation officer appointed under the
Crown Lands and Forests Act,
to be a peace officer for the purposes of paragraph 28(2)(
a) and sections 92, 104, 105, 105.01, 105.1, 110, and 168 of this Act and to have the powers specified in paragraph (1)(
d) except to require a driver to submit to an inspection or test of the equipment of such vehicle.
15(1.2)The Minister may designate any park warden as defined in the
National Parks Act (Canada) to be a peace officer for the purpose of enforcing subsections 28(1) and (1.1), section 68, subsections 78(1) and (2), sections 105, 105.01 and 118, subsections 140(1) and (2), 140.1(1), 142.01(1) and 147(1), section 148, subsections 154(2) and 160(2), section 192, subsections 193.1(1) and 194(1) and sections 196, 198 and 203.
15(2)A person designated under subsection (1), when on duty, may be dressed in distinctive uniform and shall when so dressed display a badge of office.
15(3)A document or card that purports to be a designation under this section
(a)
shall be admissible in evidence without proof of signature, and
(b)
shall be
prima facie evidence that the holder thereof has been duly designated under subsection (1).
1955, c.13, s.10; 1961-62, c.62, s.3; 1968, c.38, s.4; 1972, c.48, s.1; 1973, c.59, s.1; 1978, c.D-11.2, s.26; 1979, c.25, s.12; 1980, c.34, s.2; 1981, c.6, s.1; 1988, c.11, s.21; 1988, c.66, s.3; 1990, c.22, s.33; 1991, c.7, s.2; 1996, c.43, s.2; 1998, c.30, s.2; 2000, c.26, s.193; 2004, c.12, s.49; 2006, c.13, s.3; 2007, c.44, s.4; 2013, c.39, s.15