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TERRORISM (COMMUNITY PROTECTION) ACT 2003 - SECT 21T

Cordon around target area

S. 21T(1) amended by Nos 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 167.49), 32/2018 s. 58.

    (1)     A police officer or protective services officer may, for the purposes of stopping and searching under this Division persons, vehicles or premises in a target area, place a cordon around the target area or any part of it.

    (2)     A cordon may include any form of physical barrier, including a roadblock on any road in or in the vicinity of the target area.

S. 21T(3) amended by Nos 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 167.49), 32/2018 s. 58.

    (3)     A police officer or protective services officer may direct a person or group of people not to enter or to leave or not to leave an area around which a cordon is placed.

S. 21U inserted by No. 5/2006 s. 5.



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