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Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Enforcement officers' powers and orders - Warrantless powers of entry and search incidental to arrest or detention

87: Rub-down search may include visual examination

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"A rub-down search can include a close look at your face, but nothing goes inside."

When you are having a rub-down search, it can include someone looking closely at your mouth, nose, and ears. They might use a special tool to help them see better, like a light or a magnifying glass. They are not allowed to put anything inside your mouth, nose, or ears during the search.

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Warrantless powers of entry and search incidental to arrest or detention

87Rub-down search may include visual examination

  1. A rub-down search may include a visual examination (whether or not facilitated by any instrument or device designed to illuminate or magnify) of the mouth, nose, and ears, but must not include the insertion of any instrument, device, or thing into any of those orifices.