Acts Flashcards
Our missions and functions are found in?
Police act 1990. Part 2, section 6 (3):
(a) Services by way of prevention of detection and crime, and
(b) the protection of persons from injury or death, and property from damage, whether arising from criminal acts or in any other way, and
(c) the provision of essential services in emergencies
The wording for official caution is found in?
Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) s 139
CAUTION: I am going to ask you some questions in relation to… You do not have to say or do anything if you do not want to. Do you understand that? I/We will record what you say or do. I/We can use this recording in court. Do you understand that?
Our powers to arrest without a warrant are found in?
Law Enforcement (Powers and responsibilities) Act (2002), LEPRA. s99
“(1) A police officer may, without a warrant, arrest a person if –
the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the person is committing or has committed an offence, and…”
What does section 34 of LEPRA say?
No strip searches of people under 10
Where does it state that Police officers must provide information when exercising power?
LEPRA. s 202
IPE:
-Inform the person of the reason for exercising power
-Provide name and place of duty
-Evidence you are a police officer (unless in uniform)
Wheres our SOV found?
s7 of the Police act (1990)
Wheres our Oath and Affirmation found?
Requirement to say it is found in Police Act 1990 s13
Actual wording is Police regulation 2015 s7
Wheres the definition of maladministration found?
Law enforcement conduct commission act 2016, s 11.
Where do we see that we are under oath to report misconduct or serious maladministration?
Police act 1990 s211F
Victims of crimes, the definition of it them is found where?
Victims Rights and Support Act 2013 s5
Where do we find our 18 rights for victims of crime in New South Wales?
The Charter of Victims Rights
Where’s an ‘act of violence’ defined?
s19 of the Victims rights and support act 2013
What Legislative body governs the workings of the coroner?
Coroners act (NSW) 2009
Foreseeable and unforeseeable risks are defined?
5B Civil Liability Act (2002)
Wheres negligence defined?
Civil Liability Act 2002 s 5
