Searches—premises and personal property etc
50 Searches—premises and personal property etc
The director-general may, at any time, conduct a search of any part of a secure mental health facility if the director-general believes on reasonable grounds that it is prudent to conduct the search to protect—
the safety of anyone at the secure mental health facility; or
security or good order at the secure mental health facility.
To remove any doubt, a search under subsection (1) may include a search of—
the personal property or room of a patient in the secure mental health facility; or
a vehicle used to transport a patient.
If a patient’s personal property or room is to be searched, the director-general must—
tell the patient about the director-general’s belief and that the patient’s personal property or room at the facility will be searched; and
allow the patient, or a person named by the patient, to be present when the personal property or room is searched.
The director-general may search the patient’s personal property or room at the secure mental health facility.
In this section:
search includes search—
with a device using electronic or other technology; and
by physical means.
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