Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 167

167 Deciding limits of crime scene

The responsible officer at a crime scene must—

(a) identify what is the crime scene; and

(b) decide the boundaries necessary to protect the crime scene; and

(c) mark the limits of the crime scene in a way that sufficiently identifies it to the public as a crime scene.

Example for paragraph (b)—

It may be necessary to establish a buffer zone around the crime scene.