LAW ENFORCEMENT (POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES) ACT 2002 - SECT 43 Power to board vessels

LAW ENFORCEMENT (POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES) ACT 2002 - SECT 43

43 Power to board vessels

(cf Crimes Act 1900 , s 357C)

(1) A police officer authorised by this section may, without a warrant, with as many other police officers as he or she thinks necessary, take the actions set out in subsection (2) if the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds that it is necessary to do so--

(a) to prevent, on a vessel, injury to people or damage to property by fire or otherwise, or

(b) to preserve peace and good order on a vessel, or

(c) to prevent, detect or investigate any offence that may be, or may have been, committed on a vessel.

(2) The police officer may take any one or more of the following actions--

(a) enter into any part of any vessel,

(b) search and inspect the vessel,

(c) take all necessary measures for preventing, on the vessel, injury to persons or damage to property by fire or otherwise,

(d) take all necessary measures for preserving peace and good order on the vessel or for preventing, detecting or investigating any offences that may be, or may have been, committed on the vessel.

(3) The following police officers are authorised by this section--

(a) a police officer of or above the rank of sergeant,

(b) a police officer in charge of a police station,

(c) a police officer in charge of a police vessel.