Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

GAMING AND BETTING ACT 1906 (REPEALED) - SECT 17E

    (1)     If a police officer believes on reasonable grounds that—

        (a)     a gaming offence or a betting offence is being committed or is likely to be committed on or in a vehicle or vessel; or

        (b)     anything connected with such an offence is on or in a vehicle or vessel;

and that—

        (c)     it is necessary to act under this section to prevent the concealment, loss or destruction of that thing; and

        (d)     the action would be made in the circumstances of seriousness and urgency as to require and justify the taking of the action without the authority of a warrant or an order of a court;

the officer may enter on or into the vehicle or vessel and search for and seize that thing.

    (2)     A police officer who believes on reasonable grounds that anything connected with a gaming offence or a betting offence is on or in a vehicle or vessel, may, for this section, stop that vehicle or vessel.

    (3)     For this section, a thing is connected with a particular offence if it is—

        (a)     a thing with relation to which the offence has been committed; or

        (b)     a thing that will afford evidence of the commission of the offence; or

        (c)     a thing that was used, or is intended to be used, for the purpose of committing the offence.