Western Australian Numbered Acts

PROTECTIVE CUSTODY ACT 2000 (NO. 50 OF 2000) - SECT 6

6 .         Intoxicated people may be apprehended

        (1)         If an authorized officer reasonably suspects that a person who is in a public place or who is trespassing on private property —

            (a)         is intoxicated; and

            (b)         needs to be apprehended —

                  (i)         to protect the health or safety of the person or any other person; or

                  (ii)         to prevent the person causing serious damage to property,

                the officer may apprehend the person.

        (2)         The authorized officer may use reasonable force and assistance to apprehend the person.

        (3)         An authorized officer who apprehends a person must record the date and time when the person is apprehended.