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In forceConduct of police officer
Part 2Interpretation
Division 3Basic concepts about conduct of police officers
7 Conduct of police officer
(1) Conduct of a police officer is any decision or act, or a failure to make any decision or do any act, by the police officer for, in relation to or incidental to, the exercise of a power or performance of a function of a police officer.
(2) To avoid doubt, conduct of a police officer includes conduct mentioned in subsection (1) in the capacity of a public official.
(3)
In this section:
exercise, of a power, includes the purported exercise of the power.
performance, of a function, includes the purported performance of the function.
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