Power to search persons
17 Power to search persons
(1) A police officer may, without a warrant, stop and search a person and anything in the possession of or under the control of the person if:
(a) the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the person is the target of an authorisation;
(b) the person is found in suspicious circumstances in the company of a person who the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds is the target of an authorisation;
(c) the person is in or on a vehicle that the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds is the target of an authorisation; or
the person is in an area that is the target of an authorisation.
(2) A police officer may detain a person stopped under subsection (1) for as long as is reasonably necessary to conduct a search of the person or anything in the possession of or under the control of the person.
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