Authority of incident commander to be recognised
21 Authority of incident commander to be recognised
(1) A person must obey an instruction or order given, in accordance with a duty imposed or a power conferred by this Act or the Regulations, by any of the following:
the Commissioner or the incident commander;
(b) a member acting under the orders of the Commissioner or the incident commander;
(c) a member or a police officer acting in accordance with section 20.
(2) A police officer must give such assistance as is reasonably required to enable an incident commander to exercise his or her authority or enforce obedience to an instruction or order given by the incident commander or a member in the performance of a duty imposed or the exercise of a power conferred by this Act or the Regulations.
This provision refers to the regulations (the Regulations
). Made under this Act:
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