sec.179PPowers at missing person scene

### sec.179P Powers at missing person scene The responsible officer for a missing person scene, or a police officer acting under the direction of the responsible officer, may do any of the following in relation to the scene— enter the scene; if reasonably necessary, enter another place to gain access to the scene; perform any necessary investigation, including, for example, a search and inspection of the scene and anything in it for the missing person or to obtain information about the person’s disappearance; open anything at the scene that is locked; take electricity for use at the scene; remove or cause to be removed an obstruction from the scene; photograph the scene and anything in it; seize all or part of a thing that may provide information about the missing person’s disappearance. However, if it is necessary to do anything at the missing person scene that may cause structural damage to a building, the thing must not be done unless a Supreme Court judge issues a missing person warrant before the thing is done and the warrant authorises the doing of the thing. An authorised assistant for the missing person scene may also do a thing mentioned in subsection (1) . However, the authorised assistant may do either of the following things only if asked to do so by the responsible officer— enter the missing person scene; if reasonably necessary, enter another place to gain access to the missing person scene. s 179P ins 2018 No. 20 s 27 (sec.179P-ssec.1) The responsible officer for a missing person scene, or a police officer acting under the direction of the responsible officer, may do any of the following in relation to the scene— enter the scene; if reasonably necessary, enter another place to gain access to the scene; perform any necessary investigation, including, for example, a search and inspection of the scene and anything in it for the missing person or to obtain information about the person’s disappearance; open anything at the scene that is locked; take electricity for use at the scene; remove or cause to be removed an obstruction from the scene; photograph the scene and anything in it; seize all or part of a thing that may provide information about the missing person’s disappearance. (sec.179P-ssec.2) However, if it is necessary to do anything at the missing person scene that may cause structural damage to a building, the thing must not be done unless a Supreme Court judge issues a missing person warrant before the thing is done and the warrant authorises the doing of the thing. (sec.179P-ssec.3) An authorised assistant for the missing person scene may also do a thing mentioned in subsection (1) . (sec.179P-ssec.4) However, the authorised assistant may do either of the following things only if asked to do so by the responsible officer— enter the missing person scene; if reasonably necessary, enter another place to gain access to the missing person scene. - (a) enter the scene; - (b) if reasonably necessary, enter another place to gain access to the scene; - (c) perform any necessary investigation, including, for example, a search and inspection of the scene and anything in it for the missing person or to obtain information about the person’s disappearance; - (d) open anything at the scene that is locked; - (e) take electricity for use at the scene; - (f) remove or cause to be removed an obstruction from the scene; - (g) photograph the scene and anything in it; - (h) seize all or part of a thing that may provide information about the missing person’s disappearance. - (a) enter the missing person scene; - (b) if reasonably necessary, enter another place to gain access to the missing person scene.