16Authorisation

16 Authorisation S. 16(1) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 167.37). (1) A senior police officer may, for the purpose of protecting people from chemical, biological or radiological contamination, give an authorisation to a police officer under this Part in relation to an area if that senior police officer forms a belief on reasonable grounds that— (a) a terrorist act has or may have occurred; and S. 16(1)(b) amended by No. 30/2006 s. 7. (b) that area, or people in that area, will be, or may have been exposed to such contamination. (2) If the senior police officer who has given an authorisation under subsection (1) ceases to have the belief referred to in that subsection, he or she must immediately notify the Chief Commissioner of that fact.