Place or vehicle, entry of to prevent violence
35 Place or vehicle, entry of to prevent violence
A police officer who reasonably suspects that any of the following is occurring or is just about to occur in a place or vehicle may enter the place, or may stop and enter the vehicle, in order to prevent it —
an act by a person —
that involves or is likely to involve the use of violence against a person; or
that is likely to cause a person to use violence against another person; or
that is likely to cause a person to fear violence will be used by a person against another person;
or
any other breach of the peace by a person; or
an act by a person that will or is likely to kill a person or cause serious injury to a person; or
an act by a person that will or is likely to cause serious and unlawful damage to property.
If a police officer who enters a place or vehicle under subsection (1) finds a thing relevant to an offence, whether or not the offence arises out of the circumstances that caused the officer to enter the place or vehicle, the officer —
may, subject to section 146, seize the thing; and
whether or not the officer seizes the thing, may do a forensic examination on it.
[Section 35. Modifications to be applied in order to give effect to Cross-border Justice Act 2008: section deleted 1 Nov 2009; altered 13 Jul 2010. See endnote 1M.]
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