South Australian Numbered Acts

PROTECTIVE SECURITY ACT 2007 (NO 25 OF 2007) - SECT 16

16—Powers relating to security of protected person

        (1)         A protective security officer may give a person within the vicinity of a protected person reasonable directions for the purposes of maintaining or restoring the security of the protected person.

        (2)         If—

            (a)         a person refuses or fails to comply with a direction given by a protective security officer under subsection (1); or

            (b)         a protective security officer suspects on reasonable grounds that a person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit, an offence within the vicinity of a protected person,

the officer may do 1 or more of the following:

            (c)         direct the person to provide—

                  (i)         the person's name and address; and

                  (ii)         evidence of his or her identity;

            (d)         cause the person to be removed to some place away from the protected person;

            (e)         cause the person to be detained and handed over into the custody of a police officer as soon as reasonably practicable.

        (3)         Reasonable force may be used for the purpose of taking action under subsection (2)(d) or (e).