21QPower to search vehicles

21Q Power to search vehicles S. 21Q(1) amended by Nos 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 167.46(a)(i)), 32/2018 s. 54. (1) A police officer or protective services officer may, without a warrant, stop and search a vehicle, and anything in or on the vehicle, if— S. 21Q(1)(a) amended by Nos 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 167.46(a)(ii)), 32/2018 s. 54. (a) the police officer or protective services officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the vehicle is the target of an authorisation; or S. 21Q(1)(b) amended by Nos 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 167.46(a)(ii)), 32/2018 s. 54. (b) the police officer or protective services officer suspects on reasonable grounds that a person in or on the vehicle is the target of an authorisation; or (c) the vehicle is in an area that is the target of an authorisation. S. 21Q(2) amended by Nos 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 167.46(b)), 32/2018 s. 54. (2) A police officer or protective services officer may detain a vehicle for so long as is reasonably necessary to conduct a search under this section. S. 21Q(3) amended by Nos 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 167.46(b)), 32/2018 s. 54. (3) A police officer or protective services officer may direct the person driving or in charge of a vehicle searched under this section to remove the vehicle from, or keep the vehicle in, an area that is the target of an authorisation. S. 21R inserted by No. 5/2006 s. 5.