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POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 43A

43A Unlawful sale of spray paint to minors

(1) This section applies if a police officer--

(a) either--
(i) observes a person being sold a thing the police officer reasonably suspects is spray paint; or
(ii) reasonably suspects a person has just been sold spray paint; and
(b) reasonably suspects the person is under 18 years.

(2) A police officer may--

(a) ask the person to show acceptable evidence of age of the person; and
(b) require the person to produce the thing sold to the person.

(3) The police officer may seize the spray paint if--

(a) the person either--
(i) refuses, or is unable, to show acceptable evidence of the person's age; or
(ii) shows acceptable evidence of age of the person showing the person is under 18 years; and
(b) the police officer reasonably suspects the spray paint is evidence of an offence against the Summary Offences Act 2005, section 23B or 23C.

(4) In this section--

acceptable evidence of age has the meaning given under the Summary Offences Act 2005, section 23B.

spray paint has the meaning given under the Summary Offences Act 2005, schedule 2.



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