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CROSS-BORDER JUSTICE ACT 2009 (NO 18 OF 2009) - SECT 55

55—Powers that may be exercised in State

        (1)         Subsection (3) applies if a police officer of another participating jurisdiction has required a person in a part of that other jurisdiction that is in a cross-border region to provide a sample of the person’s breath or oral fluid for a preliminary alcohol or drug test under that other jurisdiction’s drink or drug-driving laws.

        (2)         Subsection (3) applies if—

            (a)         a police officer of another participating jurisdiction suspects a person of having committed, or has alleged that a person has committed, a drink or drug-driving offence under the law of that other jurisdiction; and

            (b)         the person has a connection with a cross-border region.

        (3)         Subject to section 56, a police officer of that other jurisdiction may exercise in the State any of the powers the police officer has under that other jurisdiction’s drink or drug-driving laws in relation to the person.



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