PART 9

POWER OF POLICE TO REMOVE PERSON TO PLACE OF SAFETY

Supplementary

Reasonable belief etc
158
1
This section applies if, after a person (“the relevant officer”) has removed, detained or transferred another person in reliance on any provision of this Part, any question arises—
a
whether a particular provision of section 157 was complied with; or
b
whether a belief of the relevant officer that a condition in section 139(2), 144(2) or 145(2) was met was a reasonable belief.
2
In deciding that question, regard is to be had in particular to—
a
the place and other circumstances in which the relevant officer's determination fell to be made; and
b
in particular, where the relevant officer did not have available to him or her the advice of a medical practitioner or approved social worker, that fact.
3
Nothing in this section affects the matters to which regard is to be had in deciding any similar question that may arise under any other Part.