Responsibility after establishing crime scene
166 Responsibility after establishing crime scene
As soon as reasonably practicable after the responsible officer establishes the crime scene, a police officer must apply to a Supreme Court judge or magistrate for a crime scene warrant.
Note—For provisions about crime scene warrants, see division 2.
Subsection (1) does not apply if the place is a public place.
However, if the place is a public place only while it is ordinarily open to the public and the occupier of the place requires a police officer at the place to leave the place, the police officer may apply under division 2 for a crime scene warrant.
The application must be made to a Supreme Court judge for a crime scene warrant if it is intended to do something that may cause structural damage to a building.
Subsection (4) applies whether or not a magistrate has issued a crime scene warrant for the place.
If a judge or magistrate refuses to issue a crime scene warrant for the place, the place stops being a crime scene.
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