210GCrime scene powers

210G Crime scene powers (1) This section applies to a place while a crime scene is in effect at the place under section 210H. (2) A police officer may exercise any of the following powers if it is reasonably necessary to immediately exercise the power to protect or preserve evidence relating to the offence: (a) enter the place, or any part of the place; (b) enter any other premises to access the place; (c) control the movement of people or things at the place; (d) direct a person at the place to give the police officer the person’s name and home address; (e) if the police officer reasonably suspects a person possesses evidence removed from the place or has interfered with evidence at the place—detain, and conduct a frisk search or ordinary search of, the person; (f) do any of the following in relation to all or part of a thing that might reasonably be evidence relevant to the commission of an offence: (i) cover the thing at the place; (ii) move the thing within the place;

(iii) photograph and in any other appropriate way record the thing before anything is done with the thing under subparagraphs (i) or (ii); (g) if the place is a conveyance—remove the conveyance from its original location and take it to a secure place. Examples—par (c) 1 direct a person not to enter or to leave the place 2 remove a person or thing from the place, or direct another person to remove the person or thing 3 prevent a person from interfering with or removing evidence from, or otherwise obstructing an investigation at, the place (3) A power under subsection (2) includes the power to use reasonable and necessary force to do those things.