Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 35

35 Use of detection dogs in particular places

(1) A handler may, without warrant, use a drug detection dog to carry out drug detection in relation to a relevant person or thing.

(2) A handler may, without warrant, use a firearms and explosives detection dog to carry out explosives detection in relation to a relevant person or thing.

(3) This section applies despite any other law.

(4) In this section—

"relevant person or thing" means—

(a) a person who is in a public place; or

(b) a person who is in the immediate vicinity of, is about to enter, is in, or is leaving, a place at which an event is being held; or

(c) a person who is about to enter, is in, or is leaving, licensed premises; or

(d) a person who is about to enter, is in, or is leaving, a tattoo parlour; or

(e) a thing in a place mentioned in paragraph (a) , (b) , (c) or (d) , or on land associated with the place, whether or not the thing is in the physical possession of a person.