55Investigation of suspected or alleged offence or breach of

55 Investigation of suspected or alleged offence or breach of order (a) a police officer of another participating jurisdiction (the investigating jurisdiction): (i) suspects a person of having committed, or has alleged that a person has committed, an offence under the law of the investigating jurisdiction; or (ii) suspects a person of having breached, or has alleged that a person has breached, an order made under the law of the investigating jurisdiction; and (2) A police officer of the investigating jurisdiction may: (a) investigate the offence or breach in the Territory; and powers the police officer has under the law of the investigating jurisdiction for investigating the offence or breach. (3) Without affecting subsection (2), those powers may include powers in relation to any of the following: (a) interviewing people; (b) searching people; (c) taking photographs of people or parts of people's bodies; (d) taking prints of parts of people's bodies (for example, fingerprints, handprints and footprints); (e) taking samples of things, and removing things, from the external and internal parts of people's bodies; (f) entering and searching places and vehicles;

Cross-border Justice Act 2009 33 (g) taking photographs of places and vehicles; (h) inspecting, and taking extracts from or copies of, documents found at places or in vehicles; (i) taking samples of things, and seizing things, from places and vehicles; (j) carrying out warrants or orders authorising the police officer to do any of the things mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (i); (k) requiring people to assist the police officer to do any of the things mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (j). (4) For the investigation of the offence or breach by a police officer of the investigating jurisdiction in the Territory or another participating jurisdiction, a magistrate of the investigating jurisdiction: (a) may issue in the Territory a warrant or order under the law of the investigating jurisdiction to be carried out in the Territory or another participating jurisdiction; and powers the magistrate has under the law of the investigating jurisdiction for issuing warrants or orders for the investigation by police officers of that jurisdiction of offences or breaches of orders. (5) The law of the Territory does not apply in relation to the investigation or the warrant or order. Examples for section 55 1 A person is suspected of committing an offence under SA law in the SA portion of the NT/SA/WA region. An SA police officer may investigate the alleged offence anywhere in the NT. For the investigation of the alleged offence, an SA magistrate anywhere in the NT may issue a warrant to search premises anywhere in the NT, SA or WA. 2 A person is arrested in the NT/WA region for an offence under WA law alleged to have been committed in a place in WA outside the cross-border region. A WA police officer may investigate the alleged offence anywhere in the NT. For the investigation of the alleged offence, a WA magistrate anywhere in the NT may issue a warrant to search premises anywhere in the NT or WA but not in SA. 3 A person who ordinarily resides in the NT/SA region is suspected of committing an offence under SA law in a place in SA outside the cross-border region. An SA police officer may investigate the alleged offence in the NT. For the investigation of the alleged offence, an SA magistrate anywhere in the NT may issue a warrant to search premises anywhere in the NT or SA but not in WA.