Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Aboriginal police officers appointed for a community government area shall have and may exercise within that area the functions, duties and powers conferred on them by local law of the community government established for the area.
(2) Also, for the administration and enforcement of the liquor provisions in a community government area, the police officer in charge for the area may authorise an Aboriginal police officer to exercise in the area the powers of--
(a) an investigator under the Liquor Act, 1992, part 7;4 or
(b) a police officer under the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000, sections 51 to 53.5
(3) For subsection (2)(b), the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000, sections 51 to 53, apply as if a reference in the sections to a police officer were a reference to an Aboriginal police officer.
(4) If at any time a police officer is, in execution of the officer's duty, stationed in or present in a community government area for which Aboriginal police officers are appointed, the Aboriginal police officers must discharge and exercise their functions, duties and powers subject to the direction and control of that police officer.
(5) It is lawful for an Aboriginal police officer to use reasonable force in the discharge of the officer's function of maintaining peace and good order in the area for which the officer is appointed.