Victorian Repealed Acts Victorian Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
Power to remove offenders
56. Power to remove offenders
(1) If a member of the police force believes, on reasonable grounds, that-
(a) an assembly is being carried on in any part of-
(i) a Commonwealth Games venue; or
(ii) a designated access area; and
(b) the assembly is being carried on in a manner involving unlawful
physical violence to persons or unlawful damage to property; and
(c) because of the number of persons involved in the assembly, it is not
practicable to preserve or restore public order by arresting a person
or persons involved in the assembly who is, or who are, committing an
offence involving unlawful physical violence to persons or unlawful
damage to property-
the member of the police force may remove that person or those persons from
the Commonwealth Games venue or the designated access area (as the case
requires).
(1A) A member of the police force may remove a person from a Games management
area if the member of the police force believes on reasonable grounds that-
(a) the person is not authorised to be in a restricted access area; and
(b) the person has been given a warning to leave the restricted access
area under section 51A or has been directed under section 51B not to
enter the area and the person has refused to comply with the warning
or the direction, as the case requires.
(2) A member of the police force may, in order to remove a person from an
area, use such force as is reasonable in the circumstances.
(3) Nothing in this section limits any powers of arrest that a member of the
police force has under any other law.
(4) Any action taken under this section does not prevent the institution of
proceedings in respect of an offence.
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Division 1-Authorised officers