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Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002
87SContent and duration of public safety order
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#### 87S Content and duration of public safety order
87S Content and duration of public safety order
> > (1) A public safety order must specify—
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> > > (a) the public event or premises or other area to which it applies, and
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> > > (b) the person (or class of persons) to which it applies, and
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> > > (c) that a contravention of the order may constitute an offence that carries a maximum penalty of imprisonment for 5 years, and
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> > > (d) in the case of an order that applies to premises or another area other than in connection with a public event—the period during which the order will be in force (being a period not exceeding 72 hours), and
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> > > (e) in the case of an order that applies to a public event—
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> > > > (i) the location or locations in which the event is being held for the purposes of the order, and
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> > > > (ii) if the public event is held over consecutive days—when the event is taken to start and finish for the purposes of the order, and
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> > > > (iii) if the public event is held over non-consecutive days—when the event is taken to start and finish for the purposes of the order for each of the days it is held (being a combined period that does not exceed 72 hours in total).
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> > Note.
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> > Division 3 enables a person to whom a public safety order applies to appeal to the Supreme Court against the order (or a variation of the order) if the order is (or is to be) in force for a period exceeding 72 hours.
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> > (2) Subject to subsection (3), a public safety order remains in force only for the period or periods specified in the order in accordance with this section.
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> > (3) A public safety order that applies to a public event that is cancelled ceases to be in force on that cancellation.
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> **pt 6B, divs 2–4 (ss 87R–87ZC):** Ins 2016 No 16, Sch 5 \[1\].