New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAW ENFORCEMENT (POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES) ACT 2002 - SECT 45G

45G Circumstances in which place may be declared designated area

A senior police officer may declare a place referred to in section 45F to be a designated area only if--

(a) any of the following has occurred at the place in the previous 12 months--

(i) at least 1 offence committed by a person armed with a knife or other weapon,

(ii) at least 1 serious indictable offence involving violence against a person,

(iii) more than 1 offence of possessing a knife or prohibited weapon in a public place or school, and

Note--: See the Crimes Act 1900 , Part 3A, Division 2A and the Weapons Prohibition Act 1998 , section 7.

(b) the senior police officer considers the use of hand-held scanners is likely to be effective in detecting or deterring the commission of an offence involving a knife or other weapon, and

(c) the senior police officer has considered--

(i) the effect the use of hand-held scanners may have on lawful activity in the area, and

(ii) if the place was previously a designated area--whether knives or other weapons were found during the period the place was previously a designated area.