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ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMUNITIES (JUSTICE, LAND AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 1984 - SECT 55

Removal from trust area

55 Removal from trust area

(1) A police officer or community police officer may remove from a trust area a person who is not permitted under this part to be in the trust area.
(2) It is lawful for a community police officer exercising or attempting to exercise a power under subsection (1) against a person, and anyone helping the community police officer, to use reasonably necessary force to exercise the power.
Note—
See also the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 , section 615 .
(3) The force a community police officer may use under this section does not include force likely to cause grievous bodily harm to a person or the person’s death.



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