102Reporting of unauthorised items discovered, certain searches, and placement in dry cells

1. If any unauthorised item is discovered by any officer or staff member, whether as a consequence of a search under any of sections 98 to 101 or otherwise, the officer or staff member must, promptly after the discovery, report the details of the discovery to the prison manager concerned or to the supervisor of the security officer who discovered the item, as the case requires.

2. Every officer who conducts a strip search of any person in the circumstances described in section 98(3)(a) (whether or not the approval of a prison manager is required to undertake that search) or a search under section 98(9), section 99(5), or section 100 must, promptly after the search,—

3. if the officer is not a security officer, report the details of the search to the prison manager concerned:
4. if the officer is a security officer, report the details of the search to the supervisor of the security officer.

5. If any prisoner is placed in a cell or other facility designed to prevent the concealment or disposal of unauthorised items,—

6. the manager of the prison in which the cell or facility is must ensure that a record of the details of that placement, and whether any unauthorised item is discovered as a result, is made and kept:
7. any officer or staff member who discovers an unauthorised item following that placement must report the details of the discovery to the prison manager.

8. Every report under subsection (2) must contain—

9. the reasons for the search; and
10. the details of any unauthorised item discovered as a result of the search.

11. Every person to whom a report is made under subsection (1), subsection (2), or subsection (3)(b) must ensure that a record of that report is made and kept.