POLICE POWERS (DRUG DETECTION DOGS) ACT 2001 - SECT 8 General drug detection with dogs by warrant
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POLICE POWERS (DRUG DETECTION DOGS) ACT 2001 - SECT 8
General drug detection with dogs by warrant8 General drug detection with dogs by warrant
(1) A police officer may use a dog to carry out general drug detection if authorised to do so by a warrant under this section.
(2) A police officer who has reasonable grounds for believing that the persons at any public place may include persons committing drug offences may apply to an authorised justice for a warrant under this section.
(3) An authorised justice to whom such an application is made may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so, issue a warrant authorising any police officer to use a dog to carry out general drug detection in the public place during the period or periods specified in the warrant.
(4) An application for a warrant under this section must disclose whether any general drug detection to be carried out under the warrant will be part of a covert police operation.
(5) Part 3 of the Search Warrants Act 1985 applies (with any necessary or prescribed modification) to a warrant issued under this section.