Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (PASSENGER TRANSPORT) ACT 1994 - SECT 129D

129D Handcuffs may be used for detaining person

(1) A transit officer may use handcuffs to detain a person under division 1 only if the transit officer reasonably believes the use of handcuffs is the only practicable way to properly effect the detention.

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Under section 129V , the transit officer must follow the guidelines forming part of transit officer training that provide for how to decide whether using handcuffs is the only practicable way to detain a person and, if so, appropriate ways of using handcuffs.

(2) The Weapons Act 1990 , section 67 does not apply to a transit officer who acquires or possesses handcuffs for exercising a power under this part.

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See also the Weapons Regulation 1996 , section 80 .