Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This Act does not affect the powers or responsibilities a police officer has under an Act included in schedule 1.
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A police officer who has entered a place under section 609 may, under the Mental Health Act 2000, section 34, take a person to an authorised mental health service under that Act if the circumstances mentioned in section 33 of that Act apply.
(2) However, subsection (1) does not prevent a police officer from exercising a power or performing a responsibility under this Act for giving effect to an Act included in schedule 1.
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It may be necessary for a police officer to use reasonable force under this Act to enter a place to detain a person without warrant under a provision of another Act because that Act does not include a provision allowing the police officer to use reasonable force to enter the place.
(3) Also, it is lawful for a police officer to exercise a power in accordance with this Act for giving effect to an Act included in schedule 1 even though the other Act specifies the way the power may or must be exercised.