Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 189

(1) This section applies if a police officer reasonably suspects a person possesses a document that may be a property tracking document relating to—

(a) a confiscation offence of which a person has been found guilty; or

(b) a confiscation offence a police officer reasonably suspects a person has committed; or

(c) a serious crime related activity a police officer reasonably suspects a person has engaged in.

(2) A police officer may apply to a Supreme Court judge for an order (production order) requiring a person named in the application to produce the document to a police officer.

(3) The application must—

(a) be sworn and state the grounds on which the production order is sought; and

(b) include information specified in the responsibilities code about any production orders issued within the previous year in relation to the named person.

(4) Subsection (3)(b) applies only to—

(a) information kept in a register that the police officer may inspect; and

(b) information the police officer otherwise actually knows.

(5) The judge may refuse to consider the application until the police officer gives the judge all the information the judge requires about the application in the way the judge requires.

Example—

The judge may require additional information supporting the application to be given by statutory declaration.