New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GAME AND FERAL ANIMAL CONTROL ACT 2002 - SECT 44

44 Power to detain and search vehicles or vessels

(1) An inspector who has reason to believe that there is in or on a vehicle or vessel anything connected with a game hunting offence 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 inspector has reason to believe contains any such thing.

(2) An inspector may, by notice to produce, require a 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) For the purposes of this section,
"game hunting offence" includes an offence under section 28J of the Summary Offences Act 1988 and any such offence that there are reasonable grounds for believing has been, or is to be, committed.