SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1953 - SECT 66O
SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1953 - SECT 66O
66O—Request to leave declared public precinct
(1) If a person is
within a declared public precinct, or a group of persons is assembled within a
declared public precinct, and a police officer believes or apprehends on
reasonable grounds that—
(a) an
offence of a kind that may pose a risk to public order and safety has been, or
is about to be, committed by that person or by 1 or more of the persons in the
group; or
(b) the
presence of that person, or of the group of persons, poses a risk to
public order and safety,
the officer may order that person, or persons in that group, to leave the
declared public precinct.
(2) A person who,
having been ordered to leave a declared public precinct pursuant to this
section—
(a)
remains in the declared public precinct after having been so ordered; or
(b)
re-enters, or attempts to re-enter, the declared public precinct during that
declared public precinct period,
is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
(3) If a person fails
to leave a declared public precinct when ordered to under subsection (1),
or re-enters a declared public precinct in contravention of
subsection (2)(b), a police officer may use necessary and reasonable
force to remove the person from the declared public precinct.