Excise Act 1901

PART IX - OFFICERS  

Division 1 - Powers of Officers  

Subdivision D - Powers of arrest  

SECTION 100   POWER OF ARREST  

100(1)    

Any officer or police officer may without warrant arrest any person whom he or she has reasonable cause to believe has committed the offence of:

(a) unlawfully manufacturing any excisable goods;

(b) unlawfully receiving carrying conveying or having upon his or her premises or in his or her custody or under his or her control any excisable goods;

(c) being found without lawful excuse upon any premises where excisable goods are being illegally manufactured.

100(2)    

An officer or police officer may, without warrant, arrest a person if he or she has reasonable ground for believing that the person has committed the offence of assaulting an officer in the execution of his or her duties.