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CurrentPlace or vehicle, entry of to attend to dead or seriously ill or injured person
Part 5Entering and searching places and vehicles
Division 2Powers without a search warrant
36 Place or vehicle, entry of to attend to dead or seriously ill or injured person
If an officer reasonably suspects that there is in a place or vehicle a person who has died or who is so ill or injured as to be likely to die or suffer permanent injury to his or her health unless the officer enters the place or vehicle, the officer may enter the place, or stop and enter the vehicle, in order to ascertain the facts and if necessary attend to the person.
[Section 36. 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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