South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts (1) Subject to
subsection (2), if—
(a) a
preventative detention order is in force in relation to a person; and
(b) a
police officer believes on reasonable grounds that the person is on any
premises,
the police officer may enter the premises, using such force as is necessary
and reasonable in the circumstances and with such assistance from other police
officers as is necessary, at any time of the day or night for the purpose of
searching the premises for the person or taking the person into custody.
(2) A police officer
must not enter a dwelling house under subsection (1) at any time during
the period commencing at 9 pm on a day and ending at 6 am on the
following day unless the police officer believes on reasonable grounds
that—
(a) it
would not be practicable to take the person into custody, either at the
dwelling house or elsewhere, at another time; or
(b) it
is necessary to do so in order to prevent the concealment, loss or destruction
of evidence of, or relating to, a terrorist act.
(3) In
subsection (2)—
"dwelling house" includes a conveyance, and a room in a hotel, motel, boarding
house or club, in which people ordinarily retire for the night.