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Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police powers - Warrants to search and seize weapons when there is gang conflict

18B: Application for warrant to search places and vehicles and seize weapons

You could also call this:

"Asking a Judge for permission to search for weapons in places and vehicles"

If a gang conflict is happening, a police officer can ask a Judge for a special permission called a warrant. This warrant allows the police to search certain areas, including places and vehicles, to find weapons. The police can then take any weapons they find in these places or vehicles.

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Part 2Police powers
Warrants to search and seize weapons when there is gang conflict

18BApplication for warrant to search places and vehicles and seize weapons

  1. If a gang conflict exists, a constable may apply to a Judge for a warrant to—

  2. search places and vehicles in an area for the purpose of locating weapons at, in, or on those places or in or on those vehicles; and
    1. seize any weapons found at, in, or on those places or in or on those vehicles.

      Notes
      • Section 18B: inserted, on , by section 20 of the Criminal Activity Intervention Legislation Act 2023 (2023 No 7).