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MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 1981 - SECT 20Z

20Z .         Inspection of records by Corruption and Crime Commission

        (1)         In this section —

        Department means the department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration of the Police Act 1892 ;

        officer , of the Department, means a person employed or engaged by the Department.

        (2)         The Corruption and Crime Commission must, from time to time and at least once every 12 months, inspect the records of the Commissioner to determine the extent of compliance with this Part by the Police Force and police officers.

        (3)         For the purposes of an inspection under this section, the Corruption and Crime Commission —

            (a)         after notifying the Commissioner, may enter at any reasonable time premises occupied by the Police Force or Department; and

            (b)         is entitled to have full and free access at all reasonable times to all records of the Police Force and Department that are relevant to the inspection; and

            (c)         may require a police officer or officer of the Department to give the Corruption and Crime Commission any information that the Corruption and Crime Commission considers necessary, being information that is in the officer’s possession, or to which the officer has access, and that is relevant to the inspection.

        (4)         The Corruption and Crime Commission may delegate to an officer of the Commission (as defined in the Corruption, Crime and Misconduct Act 2003 section 3(1)) a power or duty of the Corruption and Crime Commission under this section and, for that purpose, the Corruption, Crime and Misconduct Act 2003 section 185(3) to (6) apply as if the delegation were a delegation under section 185 of that Act.

        (5)         The Commissioner must ensure that police officers or officers of the Department give the Corruption and Crime Commission any assistance the Corruption and Crime Commission reasonably requires to enable the Corruption and Crime Commission to perform or exercise functions under this section.

        [Section 20Z inserted: No. 16 of 2023 s. 6.]



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