Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN PROTECTIVE SERVICE ACT 1987 No. 7 of 1987 - SECT 21

21. (1) The power of arrest conferred by section 13 on protective service
officers is in addition to, and not in derogation of, powers of arrest
available to protective service officers under any other law of the
Commonwealth or the law of a State or Territory.

(2) Subject to sub-section (3), where a protective service officer, in the
course of his or her duties as a protective service officer, arrests a person
for any offence (whether the arrest is made under section 13, under any other
law of the Commonwealth or under the law of a State or Territory), sections 14
to 18 (inclusive) and sub-sections 20 (2) and (3) apply in relation to the
arrest notwithstanding any other law of the Commonwealth or the law of a State
or Territory.

(3) Sub-section (2) has effect subject to-

   (a)  sub-sections 84 (2), (3) and (4) of the Crimes Act 1914; and

   (b)  sections 38 and 39 of the Migration Act 1958.

(4) Subject to sub-section (2), the powers conferred, and duties imposed, by
this Part on protective service officers are in addition to, and not in
derogation of, any other powers conferred, or duties imposed, by any other law
of the Commonwealth or the law of a State or Territory, and this Part is not
intended to exclude or limit the operation of any other law of the
Commonwealth or the law of a State or Territory providing for such powers or
duties in so far as it is capable of operating concurrently with this Part.

(5) This Part in so far as it protects the individual is in addition to, and
not in derogation of, any rights and freedoms of the individual, whether under
the law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory, and this Part is not
intended to exclude or limit the operation of any law of the Commonwealth or
of a State or Territory providing for those rights and freedoms in so far as
it is capable of operating concurrently with this Part.