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PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2005 - SECT 157O

Examination of person without consent and with use of reasonable force

157O Examination of person without consent and with use of reasonable force

(1) An examination of a person subject to an emergency examination authority may be made under this chapter without the consent of the person or anyone else.
(2) A person lawfully examining the person, or lawfully helping to examine the person, may use the force that is necessary and reasonable in the circumstances to examine, or help examine, the person.



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