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POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 63

63 Power to inspect vehicles

(1) This section applies to a motor vehicle that--

(a) is stationary on a road; or
(b) has been stopped under section 60; or
(c) is at a place to which it has been moved under section 61.

(2) To check whether the vehicle complies with a transport Act, a police officer may inspect or test it.

(3) To enable the police officer to inspect or test the vehicle, the police officer may do anything reasonable to be done for the inspection or test.

Examples of what may be reasonable for an inspection or test--
The police officer may--
(a) enter the vehicle; or
(b) unlock, unfasten, open or remove any part of it; or
(c) move its load.


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