Police using 'discretion' to enforce Northern Beaches zone restrictions 24/12/2020|6min The Northern Beaches community is being “more than compliant” but police will use “discretion” to enforce zone restrictions, according to New South Wales Police Minister David Elliott. Mr Elliott told Sky News while he has been “very happy” with the overall response, police will use their discretion to enforce the public health orders. This comes after a penalty infringement notice was issued overnight to someone from the Northern Beaches who had travelled down the South Coast. “You cannot just rely on the fact that you’ll get a warning from police, they do use their discretion, but quite regularly they will also be compelled to hand out an infringement notice,” he said.