Use of force
28 Use of force
Subject to this section, it is lawful for a police officer exercising a power under this Act in relation to a person, premises, vehicle or thing, and for a person assisting a police officer in the exercise of such a power, to use the force that is reasonably necessary to exercise the power.
It is lawful for a police officer, and a person assisting a police officer, to use the force that is reasonably necessary to ensure that a person ceases to contravene or to fail to comply with a direction given under this Act.
It is lawful for a police officer, and a person assisting a police officer, to use the force that is reasonably necessary to ensure that:
a person leaves an area or place that the person is required to leave or not to enter under section 22 or 30; or
a person ceases to tamper with, or to remove, a tape or other barrier in contravention of section 22 or 30.
In exercising a power under this Act a police officer, and a person assisting the officer in the exercise of the power, may only cause damage to a thing or premises if it is reasonably necessary to do so to enable the effective exercise of the power.
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