Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The purpose of this section is to ensure a police officer performing a function of the police service may enter and stay on a place in circumstances that may otherwise be trespass.
(2) However, this section does not authorise entry to a private place if a provision of this Act or another Act provides for entry in the particular circumstances only under a search warrant or other stated authority.
Editor's note--
See, for example, the Prostitution Act 1999, section 59.
(3) A police officer may enter a place and stay for a reasonable time on the place to inquire into or investigate a matter.
Examples for subsection (3)--
1 The entry may be to a public area of a place such as a hotel or a nightclub for finding out if an offence is being or has been committed on the place.
2 The entry may be for finding out if a person reasonably suspected of being involved in the commission of an offence is at a place.
3 The entry may be for finding out if a missing person is in the place.
(4) Also, a police officer may enter and stay for a reasonable time on a place to serve a document.
(5) However, if the place contains a dwelling, the only part of the place a police officer may enter without the consent of the occupier is the part of the place that is not a dwelling.
(6) Also, the police officer may only use minimal force to enter the place.
Example for subsection (6)--
turning a door handle to open an unlocked door and opening the door