Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002 No 115
Current version for 30 January 2012 to date (accessed 23 May 2013 at 13:28)

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.
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