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VICTORIA POLICE ACT 2013 - SECT 59B

Powers relating to police premises—removal and arrest

    (1)     A police officer or protective services officer on duty may remove a person from or prevent a person from returning to police premises or the vicinity of police premises if—

        (a)     the person refuses or fails to comply with a direction given under section 59A(2); or

        (b)     the person hinders or obstructs the police officer or protective services officer in the exercise of a power under section 59A; or

        (c)     the person obstructs an entry to or exit from, or access to, the police premises; or

        (d)     the police officer or protective services officer believes on reasonable grounds that the person has committed an offence under this Act.

    (2)     A police officer or protective services officer on duty may arrest without warrant a person on or in the vicinity of police premises if—

        (a)     the person refuses or fails to comply with a direction given under section 59A(2); or

        (b)     the person hinders or obstructs the police officer or protective services officer in the exercise of a power under section 59A; or

        (c)     the police officer or protective services officer believes on reasonable grounds that the person has committed an offence under this Act.

    (3)     If a protective services officer arrests a person under subsection (2), the protective services officer must hand the person into the custody of a police officer as soon as practicable after the person is arrested.

    (4)     A police officer or protective services officer on duty may use reasonable and necessary force in exercising a power under this section.

S. 59C inserted by No. 37/2022 s. 15.



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