Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 179E

179E Authorisation if, as a matter of urgency, it is necessary to establish missing person scene before obtaining missing person warrant

(1) This section applies if a police officer is satisfied—

(a) a missing person is high-risk; and

(b) as a matter of urgency, it is necessary to establish a missing person scene at a place before obtaining a missing person warrant.

(2) The police officer may establish the missing person scene if authorised to do so by a commissioned officer.

(3) The commissioned officer may authorise establishing the missing person scene if—

(a) the commissioned officer is satisfied the missing person is high-risk; and

(b) the commissioned officer—

(i) for a place that is the missing person’s residence, place of employment or vehicle—reasonably suspects the person may be at the place or an inspection of the place may provide information about the person’s disappearance; or

(ii) for any other place—reasonably believes the person may be at the place or an inspection of the place may provide information about the person’s disappearance; and

(c) the commissioned officer is satisfied it is reasonably necessary to exercise missing person powers at the place to search for the person or to gather information about the person’s disappearance; and

(d) the commissioned officer is satisfied, as a matter of urgency, it is necessary to establish a missing person scene at the place before obtaining a missing person warrant.