Definitions for pt 7
384 Definitions for pt 7
In this part—
authorised security officer means—
a security officer; or
an appropriately qualified employee of an authorised mental health service who is authorised by the administrator of the service to provide security services to the service.
general search, of a person, means a search—
to reveal the contents of the person’s outer garments, general clothes or hand luggage without touching the person or the luggage; or
in which the person may be required to—
open his or her hands or mouth for visual inspection; or
shake his or her hair vigorously.
personal search, of a person, means a search in which light pressure is momentarily applied to the person over the person’s general clothes without direct contact being made with—
the person’s genital or anal areas; or
for a female—the person’s breasts.
postal article includes a postal article carried by a courier service.
scanning search, of a person, means a search of the person by electronic or other means that does not require the person to remove the person’s general clothes or to be touched by another person.
Examples of a scanning search—
• using a portable electronic apparatus or another portable apparatus that can be passed over the person
• using an electronic apparatus through which the person is required to pass
search requiring the removal of clothing, of a person, means a search in which the person removes all garments during the course of the search, but in which direct contact is not made with the person.
security officer means a person employed or engaged by an authorised mental health service to provide security services, regardless of how the person’s employment or engagement is described.
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