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SEX OFFENDERS REGISTRATION ACT 2004 - SECT 66Y

Power to seize

In conducting a search of premises or the registrable offender under section 66W, a police officer may seize or take a sample of any thing belonging to or found in the possession or under the control of the registrable offender—

        (a)     which the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds—

              (i)     will compromise the registrable offender's compliance with a condition of the prohibition order to which the monitoring condition relates; or

              (ii)     relates to behaviour or conduct associated with an increased risk of the registrable offender contravening a condition to which the monitoring condition relates; or

        (b)     if the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds that—

              (i)     the thing will afford evidence of the contravention by the registrable offender of a condition to which the monitoring condition relates; and

              (ii)     it is necessary to seize or take a sample of that thing in order to prevent its concealment, loss or destruction.

S. 66Z inserted by No. 21/2016 s. 8.



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