Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) To help the SES perform an emergency related function, an authorised officer may--
(a) take reasonable steps--
(i) to protect persons trapped in a vehicle or receptacle or endangered in another way; and
(ii) to protect the officer or other authorised officers or persons from danger, potential danger or assault from other persons; and
(b) if it is necessary and reasonable in the circumstances--do any of the acts mentioned in subsection (2).
(2) For subsection (1)(b), the acts an authorised officer may do are--
(a) enter any premises or vehicle; and
(b) open a receptacle, using force that is necessary and reasonable; and
(c) bring any apparatus or equipment onto premises; and
(d) remove any article or material from a place, or otherwise deal with the article or material; and
(e) destroy (entirely or partially), or damage, any premises, vehicle or receptacle; and
(f) ask a person to give the authorised officer reasonable help to exercise the authorised officer's powers under paragraphs (a) to (e).
(3) Without limiting subsection (1)(a)(ii), an authorised officer may direct a person not to enter, or to leave, a stated area around the site of a danger to a patient.