Summary Offences Act 1953

If an authorised police officer believes on reasonable grounds that—

—

the driver of a motor vehicle has disobeyed, or is likely to disobey, a request or signal to stop given under this or any other Act; or

the use of a vehicle immobilisation device would significantly improve the prospects of apprehending a person—

suspected of having committed a major offence; or

who has escaped from lawful detention; and

a vehicle immobilisation device can be used without undue risk to occupants of the vehicle or persons in the vicinity of the vehicle, the officer may use a vehicle immobilisation device.

The

Governor may, by regulation made on the recommendation of the

Minister, declare a device of a specified kind to be a vehicle immobilisation device.

The

Minister must not recommend that a device be declared a vehicle immobilisation device unless satisfied that—

the device has been adequately tested in the State or in conditions similar to those found in the State; and

the device can, at an appropriate range of speeds, immobilise a target motor vehicle without undue risk to occupants of the vehicle or persons in the vicinity of the vehicle.

In this section—

authorised police officer means a police officer authorised by the Commissioner for the purposes of this section;

vehicle immobilisation device means a device declared by regulation to be a vehicle immobilisation device for the purposes of this section.