(8H)Lost, mislaid or destroyed instrument of authority#
If an authorised police officer's instrument of authority issued under subsection (8G) is lost, mislaid, or destroyed or otherwise can not be produced—
- (a) the police officer continues to be an authorised police officer even though the instrument of authority has been lost, mislaid, or destroyed or otherwise can not be produced; and
- (b) the commissioner may issue to the officer a replacement instrument of authority; and
- (c) the replacement instrument of authority is taken to have effect from the date the original instrument of authority was issued.