Personal details of certain people may be obtained
12 Personal details of certain people may be obtained
This section must be read as one with the Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002.
In this section, a term that is not defined in this Act has the meaning given to it by the Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002.
If a police officer reasonably suspects that a person whose personal details are unknown to the officer —
is about to enter, is in, or has recently left, a target area;
is a target person;
is in the company of a target person in suspicious circumstances; or
is in a target vehicle,
the officer may exercise the powers in the Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002 section 16 as if the person were reasonably suspected by the officer to be able to assist in the investigation of a suspected offence.
The Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002 section 16, with any necessary changes, applies to and in respect of the exercise of the powers in subsection (3) as if the power were conferred by that Act.
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