Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Amendment (Kings Cross and Railways Drug Detection) Act 2012 (NSW)

An Act to amend the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 to authorise police officers to use dogs for general drug detection in public places in the Kings Cross precinct; and to amend the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Regulation 2005 to authorise police officers to use dogs for that purpose on additional railway lines.

1Name of Act

This Act is the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Amendment (Kings Cross and Railways Drug Detection) Act 2012.

2Commencement

This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act.

Schedule 1Amendment of Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 No 103

Insert after section 148 (1) (d):

(e)

persons at any public place in the Kings Cross precinct (being the area including and bounded by the parts of streets specified in Schedule 2 to the Liquor Act 2007).

Schedule 2Amendment of Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Regulation 2005[1]Clause 38 Use of drug detection dogs in authorised places—prescribed train routes

Omit “but not including the train line between Lysaghts station and Port Kembla station” from clause 38 (1) (d).

Insert instead “and including the train line between Wollongong station and Port Kembla station”.

[2]Clause 38 (1)

Insert “and including the train line between Chatswood station and Epping station,” at the end of clause 38 (1) (e).

[3]Clause 38 (1)

Insert “the train line between Blacktown station and Richmond station and” after “and including” in clause 38 (1) (g).

[4]Clause 38 (1)

Insert after clause 38 (1) (h):

(i)

the Southern Highlands route, being the train line that is between Campbelltown station and Goulburn station,

(j)

the Blue Mountains route, being the train line that is between Lithgow station and Sydney Central station,

(k)

the Hunter route, being the train line that is between Newcastle station and Dungog station, and including the train line between Maitland station and Scone station,

(l)

the Airport and East Hills route, being the train line that is:

• (i)

  between Sydney Central station and Macarthur station, and

• (ii)

  via Wolli Creek station or via Sydenham station,

(m)

the Carlingford route, being the train line that is between Clyde station and Carlingford station,

(n)

the Cumberland route, being the train line that is between Campbelltown station and Schofields station.