Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN PROTECTIVE SERVICE ACT 1987 No. 7 of 1987 - SECT 13

13. (1) A protective service officer may, without warrant, arrest a person for
an offence to which this section applies if the protective service officer
believes on reasonable grounds that-

   (a)  the person has just committed, or is committing, the offence;

   (b)  the arrest of the person is necessary for the purpose of-

        (i)    ensuring the appearance of the person before a court of
               competent jurisdiction for the offence;

        (ii)   preventing the continuation of, or a repetition of, the offence
               or the commission of a further offence to which this section
               applies;

        (iii)  preventing the concealment, loss or destruction of evidence of,
               or relating to, the offence; or

        (iv)   preserving the safety or welfare of the person; and

   (c)  proceedings by way of summons against the person for the offence would
        not achieve such a purpose.

(2) This section applies to-

   (a)  an offence in relation to a person, place or thing in respect of which
        the Protective Service is performing its functions, being an offence
        under-

        (i)    section 24AB, 29 or 30, paragraph 46 (a) or section 71, 73, 75,
               76, 78, 79, 83A, 89 or 89A of the Crimes Act 1914;

        (ii)   the Crimes (Internationally Protected Persons) Act 1976;

        (iii)  the Defence (Special Undertakings) Act 1952 (other than
               sub-section 31 (2));

        (iv)   the Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971
               (other than section 11); or

        (v)    the Nuclear Non-Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987 (other than
               section 27, sub-section 29 (2), 30 (1), 40 (1), 58 (2) or 65
               (1) or section 66); or

   (b)  an offence against section 6, 7 or 7A of the Crimes Act 1914 that
        relates to an offence referred to in paragraph (a).