DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 60I Request for explanation before seizure of volatile substances and items used to inhale volatile substances
DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 60I
Request for explanation before seizure of volatile substances and items used to inhale volatile substancesS. 60I(1) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 47.11(a)).
(1) Subject to subsection (2), if, during the course of conducting a search of a person under section 60E or 60F, a police officer detects a volatile substance or item used to inhale a volatile substance, the police officer must ask the person why he or she is carrying or possessing that volatile substance or item.
S. 60I(2) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 47.11(b)).
(2) A police officer is not required to comply with subsection (1) if the police officer believes on reasonable grounds that—
(a) the person is unable to understand the request for the explanation referred to in that subsection because of the effects of inhaling a volatile substance; or
(b) it is otherwise impracticable to do so.
S. 60J inserted by No. 55/2003 s. 4, amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 47.12).