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Corrections Act 2004

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

103AAA: Scanner search authorised to ascertain risk of communicable disease

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"Prison staff can use a scanner to check your temperature if they think you might be sick."

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The prison manager can let someone use a scanner to check your body temperature if they think it's necessary to see if you have a communicable disease. They must get advice from a health professional first and make sure the scanner is approved by the chief executive. The prison manager can choose to check one person or a group of people.

The prison manager can only let the scanner be used for a certain amount of time, and this time must be based on the health professional's advice. They have to say how long the scanner can be used when they give permission. The prison manager can change or stop the permission later if they need to.

You can find more information about the law that allows this in the Corrections Amendment Act 2024.

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Coercive powers: Searching of prisoners and other persons

103AAAScanner search authorised to ascertain risk of communicable disease

  1. The prison manager may authorise a scanner search for the purpose of measuring a person’s body temperature if—

  2. the prison manager considers that the scanner search is necessary and justifiable to ascertain any risk that the person entering the prison may be carrying a communicable disease; and
    1. the prison manager has taken into account advice from a registered health professional on the matter; and
      1. the chief executive has approved the device used in the search as suitable for the purpose.

        1. The authorisation may apply to 1 or more persons or classes of persons.

        2. The authorisation may apply only for a period of time that is reasonable in the circumstances based on the advice obtained from the registered health professional under subsection (1)(b).

        3. The period of time must be specified in the authorisation.

        4. The authorisation may be extended or revoked in the same manner in which it was made.

        Notes
        • Section 103AAA: inserted, on , by section 30 of the Corrections Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 41).