(1)
Subsection (2) applies if—
(a) a
police officer of another participating jurisdiction (the
"arresting jurisdiction") arrests a person under the law of the
arresting jurisdiction—
(i)
whether with or without a warrant; and
(ii)
whether in the State or
another participating jurisdiction; and
(b) the
person has a connection with a cross-border region.
(2) A police officer
of the arresting jurisdiction may—
(a) keep
the person in custody in the State; and
(b)
while the person is in custody, take the person to a police station, court or
other place in the State for any purpose that is authorised under the law of
the arresting jurisdiction as applied by its cross-border laws.
(3) The law of the
State does not apply in relation to the custody.