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Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
sec.5Purposes of Act
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### sec.5 Purposes of Act
The purposes of this Act are as follows—
to consolidate and rationalise the powers and responsibilities police officers have for investigating offences and enforcing the law;
to provide powers necessary for effective modern policing and law enforcement;
to provide consistency in the nature and extent of the powers and responsibilities of police officers;
to standardise the way the powers and responsibilities of police officers are to be exercised;
to ensure fairness to, and protect the rights of, persons against whom police officers exercise powers under this Act;
to enable the public to better understand the nature and extent of the powers and responsibilities of police officers;
to provide for the forced muster of stray stock.
s 5 amd 2014 No. 13 s 20
- (a) to consolidate and rationalise the powers and responsibilities police officers have for investigating offences and enforcing the law;
- (b) to provide powers necessary for effective modern policing and law enforcement;
- (c) to provide consistency in the nature and extent of the powers and responsibilities of police officers;
- (d) to standardise the way the powers and responsibilities of police officers are to be exercised;
- (e) to ensure fairness to, and protect the rights of, persons against whom police officers exercise powers under this Act;
- (f) to enable the public to better understand the nature and extent of the powers and responsibilities of police officers;
- (g) to provide for the forced muster of stray stock.