Power to conduct search of a person taken into custody under this Part
13AQ Power to conduct search of a person taken into custody under this Part
S. 13AQ inserted by No. 32/2018 s. 9.
This section applies if a police officer who takes a person into custody under section 13AH, or who is present when the person is taken into custody, suspects on reasonable grounds—
that it is prudent to conduct a search of the person in order to ascertain whether the person is carrying any seizable items; or
that the person is carrying—
evidence of, or relating to, a terrorist act; or
a seizable item.
The police officer may—
conduct a search of the person in the prescribed manner at, or soon after, the time when the person is taken into custody; and
seize any such thing found as a result of the search.
Any thing seized under subsection (2) must be dealt with in accordance with the regulations.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed manner
, the regulations
). Made under this Act:
- Terrorism (Community Protection) Regulations 2018 · under section 40
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