Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) If this subsection
applies because of subsection (2) and it appears to a security officer or
a member of the Police Force that the offence referred to in that subsection
would be likely to continue or be repeated if the offender is not apprehended,
the security officer or member of the Police Force may, without warrant other
than this subsection, take the offender into custody and take the offender to
a police station or other place for the offender to be dealt with for the
offence according to law.
(2)
Subsection (1) applies if —
(a) an
offence under the Police Act 1892 section 54 is committed in or on
Authority property;
(b) an
offence under the Police Act 1892 section 66(13) is committed in
respect of premises that are Authority property; or
(c) an
offence under the Police Act 1892 section 80(1) is committed in
respect of Authority property.
(3) If a person
continues or repeats any act or omission that is an offence under this Act
after having been warned by a security officer or a member of the Police Force
that to do so may result in the person being taken into custody for the
offence, the security officer or member of the Police Force may, without
warrant other than this section, take the offender into custody and take the
offender to a police station or other place for the offender to be dealt with
for the offence according to law.