200OGeneral functions of protective services officers

200O General functions of protective services officers (1) The functions of a protective services officer are to provide services for the protection of— (a) persons holding certain official or public offices; and (b) the general public— (i) in certain places— (A) including crime scenes established under Division 4; and (B) not including medical settings, unless the protection is carried out under section 200T(1)(g) or 200U(2)(f); or (ii) in an emergency, throughout the whole or a part of Victoria; and (c) police premises and certain places of public importance. (2) In addition, a protective services officer has all the functions imposed or conferred on the officer under this Act or any other Act, including— (a) the functions conferred on the officer while the officer is on duty— (i) at a designated place; or (ii) on or in the vicinity of police premises; and (b) the special powers conferred on the officer by Part 3A of the **Terrorism (Community Protection) Act 2003**. (3) The regulations may prescribe a place to be a designated place for the purposes of this section. (4) In addition, a protective services officer on duty in an emergency has in the emergency area all the functions imposed or conferred on a protective services officer under this or any other Act, including but not limited to— (a) the functions imposed or conferred on a protective services officer on duty at a designated place under this or any other Act; and (b) any function delegated to a protective services officer by the Chief Commissioner under this or any other Act. (5) In subsection (4)— ***emergency*** means— (a) a declaration of a state of disaster under section 23 of the **Emergency Management Act 1986**; or (b) a declaration of an emergency area under section 36A of the **Emergency Management Act 1986**; or (c) a pandemic declaration made under section 165AB of the **Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008**; or (d) a declaration of a state of emergency under section 198 of the **Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008**; ***emergency area*** means— (a) in the case of a declaration of a state of disaster under section 23 of the **Emergency Management Act 1986**, that part or those parts of Victoria in which a state of disaster is declared to exist; or (b) in the case of a declaration under section 36A of the **Emergency Management Act 1986**, the area declared to be an emergency area; or (c) in the case of a pandemic declaration made under section 165AB of the **Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008**, the pandemic management area to which the declaration applies; or (d) in the case of a declaration of a state of emergency under section 198 of the **Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008**, the emergency area in which the state of emergency exists. S. 200P inserted by No. 55/2025 s. 109.