Part 2Corrections system
Coercive powers: Searching of prisoners and other persons
101Search of vehicles
Any vehicle brought into a prison may, while that vehicle is in the prison, be searched by any officer at any time for the purposes of detecting any unauthorised item or any prisoner attempting to escape.
For the purposes of any search of a vehicle under subsection (1), any officer who is in uniform or who is wearing any badge or other article that identifies him or her as an officer may, by direction given to the driver or other person in the vehicle,—
- direct, if necessary, that the vehicle be stopped:
- direct that the vehicle be kept stopped until the search is completed:
- require that the officer be given access to any part of the vehicle:
- require any or all of the passengers (including the driver) to get out of the vehicle:
- require any or all of the passengers (including the driver) to provide the officer with 1 or more of the following particulars:
- his or her name:
- his or her address:
- his or her date of birth.
- his or her name:
Reasonable force may be used for the purposes of conducting that search.
Compare
- 1954 No 51 s 21M


