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Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002
10Power to enter to arrest or detain someone or execute warrant
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#### 10 Power to enter to arrest or detain someone or execute warrant
10 Power to enter to arrest or detain someone or execute warrant
> > (1) A police officer may enter and stay for a reasonable time on premises to arrest a person, or detain a person under an Act, or arrest a person named in a warrant.
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> > (2) However, the police officer may enter a dwelling to arrest or detain a person only if the police officer believes on reasonable grounds that the person to be arrested or detained is in the dwelling.
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> > (3) A police officer who enters premises under this section may search the premises for the person.
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> > (4) This section does not authorise a police officer to enter premises to detain a person under an Act if the police officer has not complied with any requirements imposed on the police officer under that Act for entry to premises for that purpose.
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> > (5) In this section—
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> > arrest of a person named in a warrant includes apprehend, take into custody, detain, and remove to another place for examination or treatment.