Crimes Act 1900

This section applies if a police officer reasonably believes that a person (whether part of a group or not) has recently engaged in, is engaged in, or is likely in the immediate future to engage in, conduct—

involving—

violence towards, or intimidation of, a person; or

damage to property; or

that would cause a reasonable person to fear for their safety.

However, this section does not apply to a person who (whether part of a group or not) is—

picketing a place of employment; or

demonstrating or protesting about a particular issue; or

speaking, bearing or otherwise identifying with a banner, placard or sign or otherwise behaving in a way that is apparently intended to publicise the person’s view about a particular issue.

The police officer may give the person a direction (an exclusion direction) to do any of the following:

immediately leave an area specified by the officer (an exclusion zone);

remain outside the exclusion zone for a period, decided by the officer (an exclusion period), of not more than 6 hours;

leave the exclusion zone by a particular route, or in a particular direction, decided by the officer.