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Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002
36APower to stop vehicles
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#### 36A Power to stop vehicles
36A Power to stop vehicles
> A police officer may stop a vehicle if the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the driver of, or a passenger in or on, the vehicle is a person in respect of whom the police officer has grounds to exercise a power of arrest or detention or a search power under this Act or any other law.
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> **s 36A:** Ins 2005 No 119, Sch 1 \[8\].