VICIn ForceAct
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
60EPolice may search person under 18 years of age without warrant
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60E Police may search person under 18 years of age without warrant
Subject to sections 60G and 60H, a police officer, without warrant, may search a person and any vehicle, package or thing in that person's possession or under his or her control for a volatile substance or an item used to inhale a volatile substance if the police officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the person—
(a) is under 18 years of age; and
(b) has in his or her possession or under his or her control a volatile substance or an item used to inhale a volatile substance; and
(c) is inhaling or will inhale a volatile substance.
S. 60F inserted by No. 55/2003 s. 4.