RESTRICTED PREMISES ACT 1943 - SECT 15C
Order by Magistrate for temporary closure of premises
RESTRICTED PREMISES ACT 1943 - SECT 15C
Order by Magistrate for temporary closure of premises
15C Order by Magistrate for temporary closure of premises
(1) A Magistrate may, on application made by a senior police officer, order
the owner or occupier of any premises to close the premises from a time
specified in the order until a later specified time.
(2) An order may only be
made under subsection (1) if the senior police officer provides reasonable
grounds for suspecting that the premises are being used by the owner or
occupier (or with the knowledge of the owner or occupier) for a commercial
purpose in order--
(a) to supply prohibited drugs unlawfully to persons, or
(b) to keep prohibited drugs to enable their unlawful supply to persons, or
(c) to make arrangements for the unlawful supply of prohibited drugs to
persons at another place.
(3) An order must not require the closure of
premises for a period longer than 72 hours.
(4) An order may require the
closure of premises until specified conditions are met but must not require
closure for a period longer than 72 hours.
(5) An order under this section
must be served on the owner or occupier of the premises concerned or on the
person apparently in charge of the premises.
(6) A person must not fail to
comply with an order under this section.
: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units
or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
(7) Two or more orders closing the
same premises may not be made under this section in any period of one week.
