Mental Health (Secure Facilities) Act 2016

If a visitor is a child, an authorised person—

may only conduct a scanning search of the child; and

must not conduct any other search of the child.

If an authorised person suspects on reasonable grounds that a visitor who is a child is carrying something mentioned in section 36 (2), the authorised person must—

direct the child—

not to enter the secure mental health facility; or

if the child is in the facility—to leave the facility; and

tell the person with parental responsibility for the child about the direction and the reasons for it; and

Note Person with parental responsibility, for a child—see the dictionary.

tell the director-general, in writing, about the direction and the reasons for it.

Part 4 Searches of patients

Division 4.1 Searches of patients—preliminary