POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 18
Steps police officer may take for obstruction of public official
POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 18
Steps police officer may take for obstruction of public official
18 Steps police officer may take for obstruction of public official
(1) This section applies if a public official claims to have been obstructed
by a person in the exercise of the public official’s powers and a police
officer reasonably suspects the obstruction has happened.
(2) The police
officer may ask the person whether the person has a reasonable excuse for the
conduct and, if the person gives an excuse, ask for details or further details
of the excuse.
(3) If the person does not answer the question or gives an
excuse the police officer reasonably suspects is not a reasonable excuse, the
police officer may require the person to stop, or not repeat, the conduct.
(4) This section does not apply if the public official is a police officer.
