s 12 Power to enter and search secondhand goods dealer’s shop, etc.
12.—(1) Any police officer may enter the shop of any secondhand goods dealer at any time and may, without a warrant, search the shop for any property which he or she has reason to suspect to be in the shop and to be stolen property or property that has been lost. (2) Any police officer may at any time enter and search without a warrant any shop where he or she has reason to suspect that any person is dealing in secondhand goods without a licence issued under this Act. (3) For the purposes of exercising his or her powers under this section, a police officer may, with such assistance as he or she considers necessary, break open any door, window, lock, fastener, floor, wall, ceiling, compartment, box, container or any other thing. (4) Any police officer may seize any secondhand goods found in any shop mentioned in subsection (1) or (2).