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82AInterpretation of Part 5A
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82A Interpretation of Part 5A
[Section 82A Inserted by No. 12 of 2009, s. 16, Applied:09 Jun 2009] In this Part –
detector dog includes a police dog and any other dog trained or used by a law enforcement agency to detect any substance or item;
detector-dog handler means a person, whether a police officer or not, whose duties include handling a detector dog;
screen means to conduct, using a detector dog, an examination of a person, vehicle, vessel, aircraft, premises or any other structure.