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TERRORISM (COMMUNITY PROTECTION) ACT 2003 - SECT 21Q

Power to search vehicles

S. 21Q(1) amended by Nos 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 167.46(a)(i)), 32/2018 s. 54.

    (1)     A police officer or protective services officer may, without a warrant, stop and search a vehicle, and anything in or on the vehicle, if—

S. 21Q(1)(a) amended by Nos 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 167.46(a)(ii)), 32/2018 s. 54.

        (a)     the police officer or protective services officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the vehicle is the target of an authorisation; or

S. 21Q(1)(b) amended by Nos 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 167.46(a)(ii)), 32/2018 s. 54.

        (b)     the police officer or protective services officer suspects on reasonable grounds that a person in or on the vehicle is the target of an authorisation; or

        (c)     the vehicle is in an area that is the target of an authorisation.

S. 21Q(2) amended by Nos 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 167.46(b)), 32/2018 s. 54.

    (2)     A police officer or protective services officer may detain a vehicle for so long as is reasonably necessary to conduct a search under this section.

S. 21Q(3) amended by Nos 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 167.46(b)), 32/2018 s. 54.

    (3)     A police officer or protective services officer may direct the person driving or in charge of a vehicle searched under this section to remove the vehicle from, or keep the vehicle in, an area that is the target of an authorisation.

S. 21R inserted by No. 5/2006 s. 5.



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