Police Powers and Responsibilities Regulation 2026

This section sets out the responsibilities of a police officer who applies for a production notice under section 180(2) of the Act.

The police officer must include all of the following information in the application—

the officer’s name, rank, registered number and station;

as part of the information required under section 180(3)(a) of the Act—

the name of the cash dealer to be given the notice; and

if the proposed production notice relates to an offence, suspected offence or confiscation related activity—

the offence, suspected offence or confiscation related activity; and

the name, if known, of any person, other than the cash dealer, who the officer suspects committed the offence or was involved in the confiscation related activity; and

if the proposed production notice relates to an existing or proposed forfeiture proceeding—the type of forfeiture proceeding; and

the nature of the documents sought, including, for example—

the subject matter of the documents; and

the dates on which, or the period within which, the documents were made or are suspected to have been made; and

the information or evidence being relied on to support a reasonable suspicion mentioned in section 181(1) of the Act;

if the proposed production notice relates to an offence, suspected offence or confiscation related activity—for each production notice (a previous production notice) issued in the previous year in relation to a person suspected of being involved in the commission of the offence or suspected offence or the confiscation related activity—

when and where the previous production notice was issued; and

the type of offence or confiscation related activity to which the previous production notice related; and

whether a document produced under the previous production notice was seized; and

if a document produced under the previous production notice was seized—whether a proceeding relating to the document was started.