South Australian Current Acts

POLICE ACT 1998 - SECT 63L

63L—Interpretation

        (1)         For the purposes of this Division—

            (a)         a reference to a "police security officer" includes a reference to a police officer; and

            (b)         a reference to a person's "possessions" includes a reference to anything that is, or has been, in the possession of the person, and any vehicle that is being, or has been, driven by the person or is, or has been, apparently in the person's charge; and

            (c)         a power to remove or detain a person or hand a person over into the custody of a police officer extends to the person's possessions.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Division, if a police security officer observes (whether directly or by means of a surveillance device), or receives a report of, a person apparently abandoning in, or within the precincts or vicinity of, a protected place, protected person or protected vehicle a dangerous object or substance, or anything that appears to be or might contain a dangerous object or substance, the police security officer will be taken to have reasonable grounds to suspect that the person has committed, is committing or is about to commit an offence.

        (3)         This Division does not limit or derogate from the powers of a police officer under any other Act or law.

        (4)         Subsection (2) does not limit the circumstances in which a police security officer will have reasonable grounds for a suspicion referred to in that subsection.