When an enforcement officer is searching something with your consent, some rules apply. These rules are found in sections 92 to 95, which you can read more about by following the link to sections 92 to 95. You should know that these rules are used when the officer could have searched without your consent if they had a good reason to believe something.

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90: Application of rules in relation to enforcement officers and transfer of things between law enforcement agencies, etc, or

"Rules for police and other law enforcement officers when they share jobs and things with other agencies"

92: Purposes for which consent search may be undertaken, or

"When can you agree to let an officer search you, your things, or your place?"

Part 4General provisions in relation to search, surveillance, and inspection powers
Consent searches

91Application of rules about consent searches

Sections 92 to 95 apply in respect of consent searches undertaken by an enforcement officer in circumstances where a power of search by an enforcement officer to which this Part applies or any provisions of this Part apply (whether a warrantless power or a power able to be conferred by a search warrant) could be exercised if the officer held a particular belief or suspicion.