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Police Administration Act 1978
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132 Continued detention of person taken into custody under
section 128
(1) In this section:
health practitioner means one of the following who is available to
attend to a person held in custody:
(a) a medical practitioner;
(b) a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation
National Law (other than as a student) to practise in:
(i) the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practice
profession; or
(ii) the nursing profession.
member of the Police Force in whose custody a person is held,
in relation to a person being held in custody in a locality that is
outside Alice Springs, Darwin, Katherine or Tennant Creek, means
the member of the Police Force on duty in the locality who holds the
highest rank.
(2) If:
(a) a person who was taken into custody under section 128 is
held in custody for 6 hours; and
(b) after the 6 hours has expired, it reasonably appears to the
member of the Police Force in whose custody the person is
held that the person is still intoxicated with alcohol or a drug,
the member must:
(c) notify a member of the Police Force of or above the rank of
superintendent that it reasonably appears to the member that
the person is still intoxicated with alcohol or a drug;
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(d) if instructed by the member of the Police Force of or above the
rank of superintendent to do so – continue, subject to
subsection (4), to hold the person in custody until:
(i) it reasonably appears to the member of the Police Force
in whose custody the person is held that the person is no
longer intoxicated; or
(ii) the expiry of 10 hours after the person was taken into
custody under section 128,
whichever first occurs;
(e) make a record in the custody log (however described) of the
time at which and manner in which he or she notified the
superintendent or other member, the content of the notification
and the instruction the superintendent or other member gave
to him or her; and
(f) if the member continues to hold the person in custody –
arrange for a health practitioner to examine the person as
soon as practicable.
(3) Notification under subsection (2)(c) may be:
(a) made orally, whether in person or by radio, telephone or any
other available means of communication; or
(b) made in writing by facsimile transmission or any other
available electronic means of communication.
(4) On the person who continues to be held in custody under
subsection (2) being examined by a health practitioner:
(a) if the health practitioner is of the opinion that the condition of
the person is such that the person requires medical
treatment – the person may be released from custody into the
care of the health practitioner; or
(b) if the health practitioner is of the opinion that the condition of
the person is such that the person does not require medical
treatment – the member of the Police Force in whose custody
the person is held must continue to hold the person in custody
until the expiry of the period the member must hold the person
in custody under subsection (2)(d).
Division 4AA Taking person into custody for infringement notice offence
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