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Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Coercive powers - Searching of prisoners and other persons

92: Definition of x-ray search for purposes of Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

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When you are searched using an x-ray machine, it is called an x-ray search. This means you are searched while you are fully or partially clothed, using a machine that can find items hidden inside you. The x-ray search is used for the purposes of the Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014. To do the search, you might be asked to remove some clothing or follow other procedures.

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Part 2Corrections system
Coercive powers: Searching of prisoners and other persons

92Definition of x-ray search for purposes of Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

  1. For the purposes of the Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014, an x-ray search means the search of a fully or partially clothed person using an x-ray machine or other prescribed device that is designed to identify the presence of items that are internally concealed.

  2. For the purpose of facilitating an x-ray search under that Act, the person conducting the search may require the person being searched to—

  3. remove any item of clothing that needs to be removed in order to carry out the search:
    1. comply with any other procedure that needs to be undertaken to carry out the search.

      Notes
      • Section 92 heading: amended, on , by section 19(1) of the Corrections Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 57).
      • Section 92(1): amended, on , by section 19(2) of the Corrections Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 57).
      • Section 92(2): amended, on , by section 19(3) of the Corrections Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 57).