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Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
sec.53BCWhat is out-of-control conduct
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### sec.53BC What is out-of-control conduct
The following conduct is out-of-control conduct —
unlawfully entering, or remaining in, a place or threatening to enter a place;
behaving in a disorderly, offensive, threatening or violent way;
using offensive, obscene, indecent, abusive or threatening language
taking part in a fight
unlawfully assaulting, or threatening to assault, a person;
unlawfully destroying or damaging, or threatening to destroy or damage, property;
wilfully exposing a person’s genitals or doing an indecent act;
causing or contributing to the emission of excessive noise mentioned in section 576 (1) ;
driving a motor vehicle in a way that causes a burn out within the meaning of section 69 ;
unlawfully lighting fires or using fireworks;
throwing, releasing or placing a thing in a way that endangers, or is likely to endanger, the life, health or safety of a person;
unreasonably obstructing the path of a vehicle or pedestrian;
littering in a way that causes, or is likely to cause, harm to a person, property or the environment;
being intoxicated in a public place;
conduct that would contravene the Liquor Act 1992 , part 6 ;
conduct that would contravene the Drugs Misuse Act 1986 , part 2 .
s 53BC ins 2014 No. 1 s 4
amd 2014 No. 42 s 109
- (a) unlawfully entering, or remaining in, a place or threatening to enter a place;
- (b) behaving in a disorderly, offensive, threatening or violent way; Examples for paragraph (b) — • using offensive, obscene, indecent, abusive or threatening language • taking part in a fight
- • using offensive, obscene, indecent, abusive or threatening language
- • taking part in a fight
- (c) unlawfully assaulting, or threatening to assault, a person;
- (d) unlawfully destroying or damaging, or threatening to destroy or damage, property;
- (e) wilfully exposing a person’s genitals or doing an indecent act;
- (f) causing or contributing to the emission of excessive noise mentioned in section 576 (1) ;
- (g) driving a motor vehicle in a way that causes a burn out within the meaning of section 69 ;
- (h) unlawfully lighting fires or using fireworks;
- (i) throwing, releasing or placing a thing in a way that endangers, or is likely to endanger, the life, health or safety of a person;
- (j) unreasonably obstructing the path of a vehicle or pedestrian;
- (k) littering in a way that causes, or is likely to cause, harm to a person, property or the environment;
- (l) being intoxicated in a public place;
- (m) conduct that would contravene the Liquor Act 1992 , part 6 ;
- (n) conduct that would contravene the Drugs Misuse Act 1986 , part 2 .
- • using offensive, obscene, indecent, abusive or threatening language
- • taking part in a fight