Western Australian Current Acts

CORRUPTION, CRIME AND MISCONDUCT ACT 2003 - SECT 72

72 .         Fortification removal notice: issue of

        (1)         If a fortification warning notice has been given as described in section 70(1) and the submission period has elapsed, the Commissioner of Police may issue a fortification removal notice relating to the premises concerned.

        (2)         The Commissioner of Police cannot issue the fortification removal notice unless, after considering each submission, if any, made before the submission period elapsed, the Commissioner of Police reasonably believes that the premises are —

            (a)         heavily fortified; and

            (b)         habitually used as a place of resort by members of a class of people a significant number of whom may reasonably be suspected to be involved in organised crime.

        (3)         A fortification removal notice cannot be issued if —

            (a)         a period of more than 28 days has elapsed since the end of the submission period; or

            (b)         the Commissioner of Police has given any person a withdrawal notice referring to the fortification warning notice concerned.

        [Section 72 inserted: No. 78 of 2003 s. 17.]