TERRORISM (POLICE POWERS) ACT 2002 - SECT 20 Power to seize and detain things
TERRORISM (POLICE POWERS) ACT 2002 - SECT 20
Power to seize and detain things20 Power to seize and detain things
(1) A police officer may, in connection with a search under this Division, seize and detain--(a) all or part of a thing (including a vehicle) that the officer suspects on reasonable grounds may be used, or may have been used, to commit a terrorist act, or(b) all or part of a thing (including a vehicle) that the officer suspects on reasonable grounds may provide evidence of the commission of a serious indictable offence (whether or not related to a terrorist act).
(2) A power conferred by this section to seize and detain a thing includes--(a) a power to remove a thing from the place where it is found, and(b) a power to guard the thing in or on the place where it is found.