TRANSPORT SAFETY INVESTIGATIONS
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Power to control accident site, etc.
31.—(1) An investigator may, for the purpose of an investigation into a transport occurrence, and pursuant to an authorisation under section 23(4), exercise such powers as are necessary to secure either or both of the following against unauthorised disturbance:
- (a) any accident site related to the transport occurrence;
- (b) any transport vehicle involved in the transport occurrence (whether or not at the accident site) or its wreckage.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the powers that an investigator may exercise under this section in relation to a transport occurrence include—
- (a) placing a cordon around an accident site or a transport vehicle involved in the transport occurrence (whether or not at the accident site) or its wreckage;
- (b) restricting entry to an accident site or a transport vehicle (or its wreckage) to people, animals and vehicles, that are authorised by the investigator or this Act;
- (c) preventing any unauthorised individual, animal or vehicle from disturbing or entering an accident site or a transport vehicle (or its wreckage);
- (d) removing, or ordering the removal of, any unauthorised individual, animal or vehicle from an accident site or a transport vehicle (or its wreckage);
- (e) preventing a transport vehicle (or its wreckage) from being moved;
- (f) preventing any evidential material or thing relevant to the investigation from being concealed or disturbed;
- (g) preventing any individual from removing evidential material from or otherwise interfering with an accident site or a transport vehicle (or its wreckage) or anything in it and, for that purpose, detain and search the individual.
(3) The cordoned‑off area on which a cordon is placed under this section must, so far as is reasonably practicable, be indicated by
