Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN PROTECTIVE SERVICE ACT 1987 No. 7 of 1987 - SECT 14

14. (1) A protective service officer shall not, in arresting or attempting to
arrest a person for an offence or in preventing a person who has been arrested
for an offence from escaping, use more force, or subject the person to greater
indignity, than is reasonable and necessary in order to make the arrest or
prevent the escape of the person.

(2) Without limiting the generality of sub-section (1), a protective service
officer shall not, in arresting or attempting to arrest a person for an
offence or in preventing a person who has been arrested for an offence from
escaping, do an act likely to cause death or grievous bodily harm to the
person unless the officer believes on reasonable grounds that the doing of the
act is necessary to protect life or prevent serious injury to the officer or
any other person.