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314C: Powers incidental to stopping vehicles under section 314B
or “Extra things police can do when they stop a car to search it, but this rule doesn't work anymore.”
You could also call this:

“This law about getting in trouble for not stopping your car when asked was removed and is no longer used.”

This section of the law, called ‘Offences relating to stopping vehicles under section 314B’, was part of the Crimes Act 1961. It talked about what would happen if you did something wrong when the police stopped your vehicle. However, this part of the law doesn’t exist anymore. It was removed on 1 October 2012 when a new law called the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 came into effect. This means that if you want to know about the rules for stopping vehicles now, you need to look at the new law instead of this old one.

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or “Police can catch and hold someone without special permission if they're being naughty or if the police think they've been naughty.”
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Part 12 Procedure
General power to stop vehicles to exercise statutory search powers

314DOffences relating to stopping vehicles under section 314B (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 314D: repealed, on , by section 325(6) of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 (2012 No 24).