Education and Training Reform Act 2006

The principal or any assistant principal of a Government school or any authorised teacher of a Government school may search any of the following for any harmful item—

any part of the school premises;

any part of premises that is being occupied by students of the school while engaged in a teacher supervised student activity;

any vehicle while the vehicle is being used for the purposes of a teacher supervised student activity;

any bag or other article used by a student for storage that has been brought by the student onto the school premises or that is being used by the student while the student is engaged in a teacher supervised student activity.

A person must not conduct a search under this section unless that person reasonably suspects that the search will uncover harmful items.

The person conducting a search under this section may—

require any room, cupboard, locker or other space that is being used for storage on the premises being searched that is locked to be unlocked;

require a student to open any bag or other article being used by the student for storage;

ask a student to turn out the student's pockets;

ask a student to disclose whether or not the student is concealing a harmful item.

Any power under this section must be exercised in accordance with any Regulations.