Western Australian Numbered Acts

RAIL SAFETY ACT 2010 (NO. 18 OF 2010) - SECT 149

149 .         Use of electronic equipment

        (1)         Without limiting section 144, if —

            (a)         a thing found in or on rolling stock or a road vehicle, or at a place, is, or includes, a disk, tape or other device for the storage of information; and

            (b)         the equipment in or on the rolling stock or road vehicle, or at the place, may be used with the disk, tape or other device,

                the independent investigator may operate the equipment to access the information.

        (2)         An independent investigator must not operate equipment for the purpose mentioned in this section unless the independent investigator believes on reasonable grounds that the operation of the equipment can be carried out without —

            (a)         damage to the equipment; or

            (b)         destroying, erasing or corrupting any information stored or recorded by the equipment.