Commissioner for Youth Justice may order search
509 Commissioner for Youth Justice may order search
If the Commissioner for Youth Justice is of the opinion that it is necessary to do so in the interests of the safety, security or stability of a youth justice custodial centre or the children and young persons held in custody in the youth justice custodial centre, the Commissioner may order at any time that a youth justice custodial officer carry out a pat-down search or a screening search of any person in the youth justice custodial centre.
Subsection (1) does not apply to a judge of the Supreme Court or County Court or a magistrate.
A person must not be asked under this section to submit to—
an unclothed search; or
a search of the person's body cavities.
This section does not apply to a child or young person held in custody in a youth justice custodial centre.
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