(1) In this section
—
officer means an authorised officer or a police
officer.
(2) An officer may, at
any time, take a child into provisional protection and care if the officer
suspects on reasonable grounds that there is an immediate and substantial risk
to the child’s wellbeing.
(3) For the purposes
of subsection (2) the officer may —
(a)
enter, at any time, any place where the officer suspects the child to be; and
(b)
search the place for the purpose of finding the child.
(4) As soon as
practicable after a police officer takes a child into provisional protection
and care under this section, the police officer must notify the CEO, in a
manner approved by the CEO, of his or her action and the reasons for it.
(5) An officer does
not need a warrant to exercise the powers in this section.
(6) When exercising a
power in this section an officer may use reasonable force and assistance.