Review of police use of Firearms Prohibition Order search powers - Issues Paper July 2015

We are currently scrutinising police use of new search without warrant powers and are calling from submissions from the public. \r\nIn November 2013, amendments made to the Firearms Act 1996 provided police in New South Wales with new search powers to enforce a Firearms Prohibition Order (FPO). The new search powers allow police to search (without a warrant) any person subject to an FPO and any premises or vehicle that the person occupies, controls or manages. The powers were introduced to help police find firearms and related items (such as a firearm part or ammunition) that the person is prohibited from having. Police can conduct an FPO search at any time, as long as the search is ‘reasonably required’ to determine whether the person has committed an offence by using a firearm, or by acquiring or possessing a firearm, a firearm part or ammunition.\r\nWe have released an issues paper which provides information on police use of the FPO search powers in the first ten months of operation. Download our issues paper using the link below.我们当前正对警方使用新型无搜查令搜查权的情形开展审查，并面向公众征集相关意见。 2013年11月，《1996年枪支法》（Firearms Act 1996）经修订后，为新南威尔士州警方赋予了用于执行枪支禁制令（Firearms Prohibition Order, FPO）的新型搜查权。该项新型搜查权允许警方对受枪支禁制令约束的人员，以及该人员居住、管控或管理的任何场所、车辆实施无搜查令搜查。设立该权力的初衷是协助警方查找该人员被禁止持有的枪支及相关物品（如枪支零件或弹药）。警方可在任意时间开展枪支禁制令搜查，只要该搜查是为确定该人员是否存在利用枪支，或获取、持有枪支、枪支零件及弹药的违法行为，且该搜查“具有合理必要性”。 我们已发布一份议题文件，其中介绍了该枪支禁制令搜查权启用后的首十个月内的警方使用情况。您可通过下方链接下载本议题文件。