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Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
sec.792Performance of duty—police officers
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### sec.792 Performance of duty—police officers
A police officer performing a function of the police service is performing a duty of a police officer even if the function could be performed by someone other than a police officer.
An occupier of a place who may remove a trespasser from the place asks a police officer to remove the trespasser. The police officer, when removing the trespasser at the occupier’s request is performing a function of the police service.
s 792 (prev s 358) renum 2000 No. 22 s 26
amd 2005 No. 17 s 20 ; 2022 No. 9 s 21