20Power to seize and detain things

20 Power to seize and detain things

20 Power to seize and detain things

(1) A police officer may, in connection with a search under this Division, seize and detain—

(a) all or part of a thing (including a vehicle) that the officer suspects on reasonable grounds may be used, or may have been used, to commit a terrorist act, or

(b) all or part of a thing (including a vehicle) that the officer suspects on reasonable grounds may provide evidence of the commission of a serious indictable offence (whether or not related to a terrorist act).

(2) A power conferred by this section to seize and detain a thing includes—

(a) a power to remove a thing from the place where it is found, and

(b) a power to guard the thing in or on the place where it is found.

s 20: Am 2005 No 54, Sch 2 [7].