Crimes Act 1900
177Exclusion direction—information to be given
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177 Exclusion direction—information to be given (1) A police officer who gives a person an exclusion direction must tell, or make reasonable efforts to tell, the person the following: (a) that the person has been given an exclusion direction; (b) the reason for the direction; (c) the exclusion zone to which the direction applies; (d) that the person must not remain in the zone;
Exclusion powers Part 9 (e) the exclusion period, if any; (f) the route or direction, if any, that the person must take to leave the zone; (g) that it is an offence to fail to comply with the direction; (h) the time and date the direction ends. (2) If an exclusion direction is given to 2 or more people at the same time, the police officer giving the direction— (a) may tell, or make reasonable efforts to tell, the group generally the information mentioned in subsection (1); and (b) in that case, need not give the information to each person individually.