Crimes Act 1914

A police officer may:

stop and detain the person for the purpose of conducting a search under paragraph (b); and

conduct one of the following searches for a terrorism related item:

an ordinary search or a frisk search of the person;

a search of any thing that is, or that the officer suspects on reasonable grounds to be, under the person’s immediate control;

a search of any vehicle that is operated or occupied by the person;

a search of any thing that the person has, or that the officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the person has, brought into the Commonwealth place.

A police officer who stops and detains a person under this section must inform the person of any right the person has to make a complaint to:

the Commonwealth Ombudsman; or

a State or Territory police oversight body;

Subsection (1A) does not require a police officer to inform a person of a right if it is not reasonably practicable to do so because of circumstances of urgency.

A police officer who conducts a search of a person under this section must not use more force, or subject the person to greater indignity, than is reasonable and necessary in order to conduct the search.

A person must not be detained under this section for longer than is reasonably necessary for a search to be conducted under this section.

In searching a thing (including a vehicle) under subsection (1), a police officer may use such force as is reasonable and necessary in the circumstances, but must not damage the thing by forcing it, or a part of it, open unless:

the person has been given a reasonable opportunity to open the thing or part of it; or

it is not possible to give that opportunity.