Victorian Current Acts

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 60K

A police officer may seize a volatile substance or an item used to inhale a volatile substance that is detected during the course of conducting a search under section 60E or 60F if—

        (a)     no explanation referred to in section 60I has been given; and

S. 60K(b) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 47.13(b)).

        (b)     the police officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the person—

              (i)     is under 18 years of age and is inhaling or will inhale a volatile substance; or

              (ii)     intends to provide the volatile substance detected to a person under 18 years of age to inhale; or

              (iii)     intends to provide the item detected to a person under 18 years of age to use to inhale a volatile substance.

S. 60L inserted by No. 55/2003 s. 4.