sec.19General power to enter to make inquiries, investigations or serve documents

### sec.19 General power to enter to make inquiries, investigations or serve documents The purpose of this section is to ensure a police officer performing a function of the police service may enter and stay on a place in circumstances that may otherwise be trespass. However, this section does not authorise entry to a private place if a provision of this Act or another Act provides for entry in the particular circumstances only under a search warrant or other stated authority. See, for example, the Disaster Management Act 2003 , section 111 . A police officer may enter a place and stay for a reasonable time on the place to inquire into or investigate a matter. The entry may be to a public area of a place such as a hotel or a nightclub for finding out if an offence is being or has been committed on the place. The entry may be for finding out if a person reasonably suspected of being involved in the commission of an offence is at a place. The entry may be for finding out if a missing person is in the place. Also, a police officer may enter and stay for a reasonable time on a place to serve a document. However, if the place contains a dwelling, the only part of the place a police officer may enter without the consent of the occupier is the part of the place that is not a dwelling. Also, the police officer may only use minimal force to enter the place. turning a door handle to open an unlocked door and opening the door s 19 amd 2024 No. 23 s 36 sch 1 (sec.19-ssec.1) The purpose of this section is to ensure a police officer performing a function of the police service may enter and stay on a place in circumstances that may otherwise be trespass. (sec.19-ssec.2) However, this section does not authorise entry to a private place if a provision of this Act or another Act provides for entry in the particular circumstances only under a search warrant or other stated authority. See, for example, the Disaster Management Act 2003 , section 111 . (sec.19-ssec.3) A police officer may enter a place and stay for a reasonable time on the place to inquire into or investigate a matter. The entry may be to a public area of a place such as a hotel or a nightclub for finding out if an offence is being or has been committed on the place. The entry may be for finding out if a person reasonably suspected of being involved in the commission of an offence is at a place. The entry may be for finding out if a missing person is in the place. (sec.19-ssec.4) Also, a police officer may enter and stay for a reasonable time on a place to serve a document. (sec.19-ssec.5) However, if the place contains a dwelling, the only part of the place a police officer may enter without the consent of the occupier is the part of the place that is not a dwelling. (sec.19-ssec.6) Also, the police officer may only use minimal force to enter the place. turning a door handle to open an unlocked door and opening the door - 1 The entry may be to a public area of a place such as a hotel or a nightclub for finding out if an offence is being or has been committed on the place. - 2 The entry may be for finding out if a person reasonably suspected of being involved in the commission of an offence is at a place. - 3 The entry may be for finding out if a missing person is in the place.