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Public Health Act 2005
sec.157CWhat ambulance officer or police officer must tell person
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### sec.157C What ambulance officer or police officer must tell person
The ambulance officer or police officer must—
tell the person that the officer is detaining the person and transporting the person to a treatment or care place; and
explain to the person how taking action under paragraph (a) may affect the person.
The ambulance officer or police officer must take reasonable steps to ensure the person understands the information given under subsection (1) , including by telling the person or explaining the thing to the person—
in an appropriate way having regard to the person’s age, culture, mental impairment or illness, communication ability and any disability; and
in a way, including, for example, in a language, the person is most likely to understand.
s 157C ins 2016 No. 5 s 921
(sec.157C-ssec.1) The ambulance officer or police officer must— tell the person that the officer is detaining the person and transporting the person to a treatment or care place; and explain to the person how taking action under paragraph (a) may affect the person.
(sec.157C-ssec.2) The ambulance officer or police officer must take reasonable steps to ensure the person understands the information given under subsection (1) , including by telling the person or explaining the thing to the person— in an appropriate way having regard to the person’s age, culture, mental impairment or illness, communication ability and any disability; and in a way, including, for example, in a language, the person is most likely to understand.
- (a) tell the person that the officer is detaining the person and transporting the person to a treatment or care place; and
- (b) explain to the person how taking action under paragraph (a) may affect the person.
- (a) in an appropriate way having regard to the person’s age, culture, mental impairment or illness, communication ability and any disability; and
- (b) in a way, including, for example, in a language, the person is most likely to understand.