sec.5Purposes of Act

### 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.