PUBLIC SAFETY PRESERVATION ACT 1986 - SECT 8AZB Power to search a person without a warrant

PUBLIC SAFETY PRESERVATION ACT 1986 - SECT 8AZB

8AZB Power to search a person without a warrant

(1) This section applies to a person who is in the authorisation area.

(2) An emergency situation officer may, without a warrant, stop, detain and search the person, and anything in the person’s possession, for anything relevant to the emergency situation.

Examples of things that may be searched—

laptop, mobile phone

(3) The emergency situation officer may seize all or part of a thing if the officer reasonably suspects—

(a) the thing may provide evidence of the commission of an offence; or

(b) the person may use the thing to cause harm to the person or another person.

(4) The Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 , chapter 20 , applies as if anything done under subsection (2) or (3) were done under that Act.

(5) Nothing done under this section, other than the search mentioned in subsection (6) , is an enforcement act under the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 .

(6) A search of a person involving the removal of the person’s clothing, other than outer clothing, is an enforcement act under the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 .