INDEPENDENT BROAD-BASED ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION ACT 2011 - SECT 87 Power to seize documents or things at police personnel premises

INDEPENDENT BROAD-BASED ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION ACT 2011 - SECT 87

    (1)     An authorised officer who exercises a power of entry under section 86 may seize a document or other thing at the police personnel premises or in any vehicle, vessel or aircraft on those premises if the authorised officer reasonably suspects that—

        (a)     the document or other thing is relevant to an investigation; and

        (b)     if the document or other thing is not immediately seized—

              (i)     it may be concealed or destroyed; or

              (ii)     its forensic value may be diminished.

S. 87(2) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 85.14).

    (2)     The Chief Commissioner of Police must ensure that each member of Victoria Police personnel at police personnel premises makes available to the authorised officer any facilities or equipment that are reasonably necessary for the authorised officer to seize a document or other thing under this section.

S. 88 inserted by No. 13/2012 s. 9 (as amended by No. 82/2012 s. 148(3)).