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Public Health Act 1997
86Interference with seized things
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86 Interference with seized things
(1) Where an authorised officer has seized a thing under this part and
detained it at a place pursuant to section 85, a person must not,
without the permission of the officer, remove, break, open or interfere
with the thing.
(2) Where an offence against subsection (1) has been committed, then
whether or not any person has been charged with or convicted of that
offence, the occupier of the place where the offence was committed
commits an offence.
(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for breach of subsection (2) if the
defendant establishes that the defendant—
(a) had taken all reasonable steps to prevent the breach of
subsection (1); or
(b) had reasonable grounds for believing that another person had
taken, or would take, all reasonable steps to prevent that breach.