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 (other than residential premises) of a person who is
suspected on reasonable grounds of —
(i)
manufacturing, selling or supplying a psychoactive
substance; or
(ii)
promoting a substance as having a psychoactive effect on
a person who consumes the substance; or
(iii)
providing information on how or where a psychoactive
substance may be acquired; or
(iv)
having done any of the things mentioned in subparagraph
(i) to (iii);
and
(b)
demand the production of, and inspect, any books, papers or documents relating
to any of the things mentioned in paragraph (a)(i) to (iii); and
(c)
inspect any substances.
(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 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,
information or stocks referred to in section 22 included a reference to books,
papers, documents or substances referred to in subsection (1).
(4) The powers in
subsection (1) are in addition to, and not in derogation of, the powers
conferred on police officers by Part V.
[Section 8S inserted: No. 29 of 2015 s. 4.]