23Police assistance

23 Police assistance

23 Police assistance

(1) An accredited medical practitioner may request that a police officer apprehend, or assist in apprehending, a dependent person if the practitioner is of the opinion there are serious concerns relating to the safety of the person or other persons if the person is taken to a treatment centre without the assistance of a police officer.

(2) A police officer to whose notice any such request is brought may—

(a) apprehend and take or assist in apprehending and taking the person to a treatment centre, or

(b) cause or make arrangements for some other police officer to take the person to a treatment centre.

(3) The police officer may enter premises to apprehend the dependent person under this section or section 22, and may apprehend the person, without a warrant and may exercise any powers conferred under section 20 on a transport officer under that section.

Note.

Section 20 sets out the persons who may take a person to the treatment centre and their powers when doing so.