Victorian Numbered Acts

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENT ACT 2017 (NO. 40 OF 2017) - SECT 14

    (1)     In section 82(f) of the Principal Act, for "boat vessel" substitute "boat, vessel".

    (2)     At the end of section 82 of the Principal Act insert —

    "(2)     If a police officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is a psychoactive substance—

        (a)     on or in a vehicle in a public place; or

        (b)     on an animal in a public place; or

        (c)     in the possession of a person in a public place; or

        (d)     on or in a boat or vessel, underway or not; or

        (e)     on or in an aircraft—

the police officer may with any assistance that the police officer thinks necessary do any of the following—

        (f)     search the vehicle, animal, person, boat, vessel or aircraft;

        (g)     seize and carry away any instrument, device or substance which the police officer reasonably believes to be used or capable of being used for or in the production, sale, commercial supply or preparation for sale or commercial supply of any psychoactive substance;

        (h)     seize and carry away the psychoactive substance—

and deal with it according to law.".