Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000

A police officer may establish a roadblock if the police officer reasonably suspects a roadblock may be effective to apprehend or locate a person in a vehicle who—

has committed a seven year imprisonment offence; or

may be unlawfully depriving someone else of liberty; orNote—For what is unlawful deprivation of liberty, see the Criminal Code, section 355.

is being unlawfully deprived of liberty; or

has escaped from lawful custody; or

may be endangering the life or safety of someone else.

In deciding whether to establish a roadblock, the police officer must have regard to the following—

when and where the relevant circumstances happened;

information the police officer has about where the person sought may be travelling in a vehicle.

A police officer may stop all vehicles or any vehicle at the roadblock and detain each vehicle stopped for the time reasonably necessary to search it to find out if a person mentioned in subsection (1) is in it.