Victorian Numbered Acts

JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (PROTECTIVE SERVICES OFFICERS AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 2017 (NO. 45 OF 2017) - SECT 24

After section 25(1) of the Second-Hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 1989 insert —

    "(1A)         In addition to subsection (1), a police officer may, without warrant, enter business premises or storage premises occupied by or under the control of a second-hand dealer and may inspect the premises or any goods at the premises, when—

        (a)             a business of dealing in scrap metal is being carried on at the premises; or

        (b)             the police officer reasonably believes that a business of dealing in scrap metal is being carried on at the premises.".