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Poisons Act 1971
86GSeizure of ice pipes, &c.
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### 86G Seizure of ice pipes, &c.
> [*\[Section 86G Inserted by No. 51 of 2019, s. 5, Applied:31 Jan 2020\]*](/view/html/inforce/2020-01-31/act-2019-051#GS5@EN)
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> > (1) For the purpose of ascertaining whether there is or has been a failure to comply with [section 86E](#GS86E@EN) , an inspector or a police officer may, at any reasonable time, without a warrant enter a shop if the inspector or the police officer believes, on reasonable grounds, that the shop is being used for or in connection with the sale of an ice pipe.
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> > (2) An inspector or a police officer who has entered a shop in accordance with [subsection (1)](#GS86G@Gs1@EN) , may do all or any of the following:
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> > > > (a) examine any room in, or any part of, the shop and any thing kept within any such room or part;
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> > > > (b) require the production of any thing which the inspector or the police officer believes on reasonable grounds to be an ice pipe;
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> > > > (c) open, or require the opening of, any package or thing which the inspector or the police officer believes on reasonable grounds to be, or to contain, an ice pipe;
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> > > > (d) inspect, check and make an inventory of any thing which the inspector or the police officer believes on reasonable grounds to be an ice pipe;
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> > > > (e) seize any thing, being a thing in relation to which the inspector or the police officer believes, on reasonable grounds, that there is or has been a contravention of this Division;
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> > > > (f) detain or remove to some other place any thing so seized.
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> > (3) An inspector or a police officer may exercise the powers conferred on the inspector or police officer by [subsections (1)](#GS86G@Gs1@EN) and [(2)](#GS86G@Gs2@EN) with or without assistance.
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> > (4) A person must not –
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> > > > (a) intentionally delay, or obstruct, an inspector or a police officer in the exercise, or the proposed exercise, of his or her powers under this section; or
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> > > > (b) without reasonable cause, fail to produce, or conceal, any thing that he or she is required to produce under this section.
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> > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.