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Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
sec.518General power to require further attendance
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### sec.518 General power to require further attendance
This section applies if a person attends at a stated place as required by an order, requirement or direction ( original direction ) to have a forensic procedure performed on the person and a police officer considers it is not reasonably practicable to perform the forensic procedure because—
a qualified person who may perform the procedure is not available to perform the procedure; or
equipment required to perform the procedure is not available at the place; or
for another reason it is impracticable to perform the procedure.
A police officer may direct the person ( later direction ) to attend the place or another place for the performance of the relevant forensic procedure at a stated reasonable time on a stated reasonable day.
A later direction has effect as an extension of the original direction.
s 518 ins 2003 No. 49 s 10
(sec.518-ssec.1) This section applies if a person attends at a stated place as required by an order, requirement or direction ( original direction ) to have a forensic procedure performed on the person and a police officer considers it is not reasonably practicable to perform the forensic procedure because— a qualified person who may perform the procedure is not available to perform the procedure; or equipment required to perform the procedure is not available at the place; or for another reason it is impracticable to perform the procedure.
(sec.518-ssec.2) A police officer may direct the person ( later direction ) to attend the place or another place for the performance of the relevant forensic procedure at a stated reasonable time on a stated reasonable day.
(sec.518-ssec.3) A later direction has effect as an extension of the original direction.
- (a) a qualified person who may perform the procedure is not available to perform the procedure; or
- (b) equipment required to perform the procedure is not available at the place; or
- (c) for another reason it is impracticable to perform the procedure.