Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 164

164 Gaining access to crime scenes

(1) It is lawful for a police officer—

(a) to enter a place to reach another place that the police officer reasonably suspects is a crime scene; and

(b) to enter a place that the police officer reasonably suspects is a crime scene and stay on the place for the time reasonably necessary to decide whether or not to establish a crime scene.

(2) What is a reasonable time for subsection (1) (b) will depend on the particular circumstances including—

(a) the nature of any information obtained or any observation made that suggests the place is a crime scene; and

(b) visible evidence that will help decide whether it is a crime scene; and

(c) any preliminary inspection of the place.