17.6 - Police Powers & Responsibilities Act 2000

An authorised mental health practitioner is a public official for the purposes of the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 (Qld) and where the practitioner requires the assistance of a police officer, the officer is taken to have responded to a request by a public official under section 16(3) of the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 (Qld). Under section 21 a police officer may enter a place and stay for a reasonable time, search for and detain a person. Under section 615 it is lawful for a police officer to use reasonable force necessary to exercise their authority.