LAW ENFORCEMENT (POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES) ACT 2002 - SECT 146 General authority to use drug detection dogs

LAW ENFORCEMENT (POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES) ACT 2002 - SECT 146

146 General authority to use drug detection dogs

(cf Police Powers (Drug Detection Dogs) Act 2001 , s 4)

(1) If a police officer is authorised to search a person for the purpose of detecting a drug offence, the officer is entitled to use a dog for that purpose.

(2) A police officer is, for the purpose of detecting a drug offence, entitled to be accompanied by a dog under the officer's control if the officer is entitled to enter, or be in or on, particular premises in the exercise of the officer's functions.

(3) Neither the State nor a police officer is liable to any action, liability, claim or demand merely because a dog entered, or was in or on, premises as provided by this section.