21Relationship of Part to other laws

##### 21 Relationship of Part to other laws (1) The power of arrest conferred by section 13 on protective service officers is in addition to, and not in derogation of, powers of arrest available to protective service officers under any other law of the Commonwealth or the law of a State or Territory. (2) Subject to subsection (3), where a protective service officer, in the course of his or her duties as a protective service officer, arrests a person for any offence (whether the arrest is made under section 13, under any other law of the Commonwealth or under the law of a State or Territory), sections 14 to 18 (inclusive) and subsections 20(2) and (3) apply in relation to the arrest notwithstanding any other law of the Commonwealth or the law of a State or Territory. (3) Subsection (2) has effect subject to sections 37A, 38 and 39 of the Migration Act 1958. (4) Subject to subsection (2), the powers conferred, and duties imposed, by this Part on protective service officers are in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other powers conferred, or duties imposed, by any other law of the Commonwealth or the law of a State or Territory, and this Part is not intended to exclude or limit the operation of any other law of the Commonwealth or the law of a State or Territory providing for such powers or duties in so far as it is capable of operating concurrently with this Part. (4A) The powers conferred, and duties imposed, by this Part on members and special members of the Australian Federal Police are in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other powers conferred, or duties imposed, by any other law of the Commonwealth or the law of a State or Territory, and this Part is not intended to exclude or limit the operation of any other law of the Commonwealth or the law of a State or Territory in so far as it is capable of operating concurrently with this Part. (5) This Part in so far as it protects the individual is in addition to, and not in derogation of, any rights and freedoms of the individual, whether under the law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory, and this Part is not intended to exclude or limit the operation of any law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory providing for those rights and freedoms in so far as it is capable of operating concurrently with this Part.