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Terrorism (Emergency Powers) Act 2003
21VPower to detain person under preventative detention order
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21V Power to detain person under preventative detention order
(1) While a preventative detention order is in force in relation to a
person:
(a) any police officer may take the person into custody; and
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(b) any police officer may detain the person.
(2) A police officer has, for the purpose of taking a person into custody
under a preventative detention order or preventing the person
escaping from that custody, the same powers and functions as the
officer would have if the officer were taking the person into custody
in relation to the commission of an offence or preventing the person
escaping from that custody.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to the extent to which particular
powers and functions are provided for in this Part.