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Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002
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#### 29 Application of Division
29 Application of Division
> > (1) This Division applies to any search of a person carried out by a police officer under this Act, except as otherwise provided by this Act or the regulations.
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> > (2) This Division also applies to any search of a person that is carried out by a police officer after obtaining the person’s consent to carry out the search. In that case—
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> > > (a) the purpose of the search is the purpose for which the police officer obtained consent to search, and
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> > > (b) a general consent to the carrying out of a search is not consent to carry out a strip search unless the person consents to the carrying out of a strip search.
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> **s 29:** Subst 2014 No 31, Sch 3 \[20\].