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Search and Surveillance Act 2012

General provisions in relation to search, surveillance, and inspection powers - Offences

177: Offences relating to stopping vehicles

You could also call this:

"Breaking the law when an officer asks you to stop your vehicle can get you in trouble"

If you fail to stop your vehicle when an enforcement officer asks you to, you can get in trouble. You must stop as soon as you can when an officer asks you to, and you must know that the person asking you to stop is an enforcement officer. If you do not stop, you might go to prison for up to three months.

If a constable asks you to do something under section 10(1)(a) or 32(c) and you do not do it, you can get in trouble. You must know that the person asking you to do something is a constable. If you do not do what the constable asks, you might go to prison for up to three months.

If an enforcement officer asks you to do something under section 128 and you do not do it, you can get in trouble. You must know that the person asking you to do something is an enforcement officer. If you do not do what the officer asks, you might go to prison for up to three months. A constable can arrest you without a warrant if they think you have not done what an enforcement officer asked you to do.

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

177Offences relating to stopping vehicles

  1. Every person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months who—

  2. fails to stop as soon as practicable when required to do so by an enforcement officer exercising a power to stop or search a vehicle; and
    1. knows or ought reasonably to know that the person exercising the power is an enforcement officer.

      1. Every person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months who—

      2. fails to comply with a requirement made by a constable under section 10(1)(a) or 32(c); and
        1. knows or ought reasonably to know that the person imposing the requirement is a constable.

          1. Every person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months who—

          2. fails to comply with a requirement made by an enforcement officer under section 128; and
            1. knows or ought reasonably to know that the person imposing the requirement is an enforcement officer.

              1. Any constable may arrest without warrant any person who the constable has reasonable grounds to suspect has committed an offence against subsection (1) or (3).