20240923-Sentencing-Reform-Amendment-Bill-and-District-Court-Judges-Amendment-Bill [pdf, 5.7 MB]
...available to Police where there is a good cause to suspect an offence has been committed carrying a term of imprisonment or there is a breach of the peace. 13 The proper basis for these powers is to bring the suspect before the courts through the criminal justice process, and to prevent absconding before that can occur. There are other warrantless arrest powers in statute but the justification for them is similar - for example public safety and order, to prevent absconding - where it can...