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FORESTRY ACT 2012 - SECT 78
Power to detain and search vehicles or vessels
78 Power to detain and search vehicles or vessels
(1) An authorised officer who has reason to believe that there is in or on a
vehicle or vessel anything connected with an offence under this Act or the
regulations may-- (a) stop and detain the vehicle or vessel, and
(b) enter
and search the vehicle or vessel, and
(c) break open and search any container
in or on the vehicle or vessel that the officer has reason to believe contains
any such thing, and
(d) seize anything that the officer has reasonable
grounds for believing is connected with an offence under this Act or the
regulations.
(2) An authorised officer may require the person in charge of
the vehicle or vessel to take the vehicle or vessel to a specified place for
the purposes of searching the vehicle or vessel if it is not reasonably
practicable to carry out the search where the vehicle or vessel is stopped.
(3) An authorised officer may only exercise the power under this section of
requiring a vehicle to stop if accompanied by a police officer.
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