253MSafeguards

#### 253M Safeguards 253M Safeguards > > (1) A correctional officer who detains a person in the exercise of a power under section 253I must not detain the person any longer than is reasonably necessary for the purpose, and in any event for no longer than 4 hours. > > > (2) A correctional officer must, before exercising a power to detain, search or arrest a person under section 253I, or as soon as is reasonably practicable after exercising the power, provide the person subject to the exercise of the power with the following— > > > > > (a) evidence that the correctional officer is a correctional officer (unless the correctional officer is in uniform), > > > > > (b) the name of the correctional officer, > > > > > (c) the reason for the exercise of the power, > > > > > (d) a warning that failure or refusal to comply with a request or direction of the correctional officer, in the exercise of the power, is an offence. > > > (3) Subsection (2) extends to a direction given by a correctional officer to a person in the exercise of a power to stop, detain and search a vehicle. > > > (4) A correctional officer is not required to comply with subsection (2) if the correctional officer believes on reasonable grounds that— > > > > > (a) the circumstances are of such urgency that complying with subsection (2) would render a search ineffective, or > > > > > (b) it is not reasonably possible to comply with subsection (2). > > > (5) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply in relation to the exercise of powers under section 253I (1). > > **ss 253K–253M:** Ins 2016 No 47, Sch 1 \[14\]