Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A police officer
may, for the purposes of this Part, with such assistance as the police officer
considers necessary —
(a)
enter the premises of a person who sells or supplies, or has sold or supplied,
category 1 items or category 2 items; and
(b)
demand the production of, and inspect —
(i)
any books, papers or documents relating to the sale or
supply of category 1 items or category 2 items, including any declarations
under section 15(1)(c) or 17(1)(b); and
(ii)
any authorisations given for the purposes of
section 16(1);
and
(c)
inspect any stocks of category 1 items or category 2 items.
(2) Section 25 applies
as if the reference in subsection (1) of that section to a police officer
exercising the powers conferred by section 22 or 23 included a reference to a
police officer exercising the powers in subsection (1).
(3) Section 26 applies
as if the reference in subsection (1) of that section to the exercise of the
powers conferred by section 22 or 23 included a reference to the exercise of
the powers in subsection (1).
(4) Section 29 applies
as if —
(a)
references in paragraphs (a) and (b) of that section to a police officer
acting in the exercise of the powers conferred on the police officer by or
under Part V or a person assisting a police officer so acting included a
reference to a police officer acting in the exercise of the powers in
subsection (1) or a person assisting a police officer so acting; and
(b) the
reference in paragraph (b) of that section to books, papers, documents or
stocks referred to in section 22 included a reference to books, papers,
documents, authorisations or stocks referred to in subsection (1).
(5) The powers in
subsection (1) are in addition to, and not in derogation of, the powers
conferred on police officers by Part V.
[Section 19 inserted: No. 62 of 2004 s. 5.]