Police Powers and Responsibilities Regulation 2026

This section applies to the following enforcement acts—

the arrest of a person;

the detention of a person for investigations or questioning under chapter 15 of the Act;

the questioning of a person to whom chapter 15, part 3 of the Act applies.

All of the following information about the enforcement act is required to be recorded in the register of enforcement acts—

the name of the person, if known;

for the arrest or detention of the person—

the time period for which the person was arrested or detained; and

any apparent injury the person received during the arrest or detention;

for the arrest of the person—where a person is held;

for the detention of the person for investigations or questioning—

each place the person was taken to, or held, for the investigation or questioning; and

when the person was taken to each place;

if the questioning of a person to whom chapter 15, part 3 of the Act applies is suspended or delayed, including, for example, for time out purposes—the reason for the suspension or delay.