MAGISTRATES' COURT ACT 1989 - SECT 63 Persons to whom warrant to arrest may be directed
MAGISTRATES' COURT ACT 1989 - SECT 63
Persons to whom warrant to arrest may be directed(1) A warrant to arrest may be directed to—
S. 63(1)(a) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 101.2(a)(i)).
(a) a named police officer; or
S. 63(1)(b) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 101.2(a)(ii)).
(b) generally all police officers; or
(c) any other person authorised by law to execute a warrant to arrest.
S. 63(2) substituted by No. 43/2011 s. 35, amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 101.2(b)), substituted by No. 39/2019 s. 14(1).
(2) A warrant to arrest directed to a named police officer may be executed by any police officer.
S. 63(2A) inserted by No. 39/2019 s. 14(1).
(2A) A warrant to arrest directed to a named police officer or to generally all police officers may be executed by any protective services officer.
S. 63(3) inserted by No, 43/2011 s. 35, amended by Nos 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 101.2(b)), 39/2019 s. 14(2).
(3) If a protective services officer arrests a person under subsection (2A), the protective services officer must hand the person into the custody of a police officer as soon as practicable after the person is arrested.