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Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
sec.179FResponsibility after establishing missing person scene before obtaining missing person warrant
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### sec.179F Responsibility after establishing missing person scene before obtaining missing person warrant
This section applies if a police officer establishes a missing person scene at a place before obtaining a missing person warrant.
As soon as reasonably practicable after establishing the missing person scene, a police officer must apply under section 179J to a Supreme Court judge or magistrate for a missing person warrant.
Subsection (2) does not apply if the place is a public place, unless the place is a public place only while it is ordinarily open to the public and the occupier of the place requires a police officer at the place to leave the place.
s 179F ins 2018 No. 20 s 27
(sec.179F-ssec.1) This section applies if a police officer establishes a missing person scene at a place before obtaining a missing person warrant.
(sec.179F-ssec.2) As soon as reasonably practicable after establishing the missing person scene, a police officer must apply under section 179J to a Supreme Court judge or magistrate for a missing person warrant.
(sec.179F-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the place is a public place, unless the place is a public place only while it is ordinarily open to the public and the occupier of the place requires a police officer at the place to leave the place.