Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 602S

602S Power to detain and photograph

(1) A police officer may detain and photograph the following persons at a police vehicle, watch-house or police station—

(a) a respondent for a police banning notice;

(b) a person whose bail is subject to a special condition mentioned in the Bail Act 1980 , section 11 (3) , if—

(i) the person was granted bail by a police officer at a place mentioned in section 11 (4AA) (a) of that Act; or

(ii) a condition was imposed on the person by the court under section 11 (4AA) (b) of that Act;

(c) a person who has been ordered by a court to attend a police station under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 , section 43J (4) .

(2) If the police officer is unable to photograph the respondent without transporting the respondent to a police vehicle, watch-house or police station, the police officer may detain and transport the respondent to the police vehicle, watch-house or police station.

(3) Under this section, a police officer may only—

(a) detain a person for the period reasonably necessary to photograph the person; and

(b) if subsection (2) applies, detain a person for the period reasonably necessary to transport the person; and

(c) photograph a person for the purpose of attaching an image of the person to a banning order for the person.