AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE ACT 1979 - SECT 14G Relationship of Division to other laws
AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE ACT 1979 - SECT 14G
Relationship of Division to other laws(1) The power of arrest conferred by section 14A on protective service officers is in addition to, and not in derogation of, powers of arrest available to protective service officers under any other law of the Commonwealth or the law of a State or Territory.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), where a protective service officer, in the course of his or her duties as a protective service officer, arrests a person for any offence (whether the arrest is made under section 14A, under any other law of the Commonwealth or under the law of a State or Territory), sections 14B to 14F apply in relation to the arrest despite any other law of the Commonwealth or the law of a State or Territory.
(3) Subsection (2) has effect subject to sections 252 and 253 of the Migration Act 1958 .
(4) Subject to subsection (2), the powers conferred, and duties imposed, by this Division on protective service officers are in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other powers conferred, or duties imposed, by any other law of the Commonwealth or the law of a State or Territory, and this Division is not intended to exclude or limit the operation of any other law of the Commonwealth or the law of a State or Territory providing for such powers or duties in so far as it is capable of operating concurrently with this Division.
(5) This Division, in so far as it protects the individual, is
in addition to, and not in derogation of, any rights and freedoms of the
individual, whether under the law of the Commonwealth or of a State or
Territory, and this Division is not intended to exclude or limit the
operation of any law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory providing
for those rights and freedoms in so far as it is capable of operating
concurrently with this Division.