Power to search persons
9 Power to search persons
A police officer may stop and search a person, and anything in the possession of or under the control of the person, if the officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the person—
is the target of an authorisation; or
is, in suspicious circumstances, in the company of a person who is the target of an authorisation; or
is about to enter, is in, or has recently left, a vehicle that is the target of an authorisation; or
is about to enter, is in, or has recently left, an area that is the target of an authorisation.
Schedule 1 applies to a search conducted under this section.
Section 81 of the Summary
Offences Act 1953 and regulations made under that section apply to a videotape recording made under Schedule
1 as if the recording had been made under that section.
A police officer may detain a person for as long as is reasonably necessary to conduct a search under this section.
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