Requirements for use of metal detectors
61E Requirements for use of metal detectors
A police officer must inform a person that —
the person is required to submit or resubmit to the use of a metal detector; and
failure to submit or resubmit to the use of a metal detector may constitute an offence.
Subsection (1)(b) does not apply if the person has already submitted or resubmitted to, or is in the process of submitting or resubmitting to, the use of the metal detector.
A police officer must use a metal detector in the least invasive way practicable in the circumstances.
A police officer may detain a person for as long as is reasonably necessary for the person to submit or resubmit to the use of a metal detector under this Division.
[Section 61E inserted: No. 33 of 2024 s. 9.]
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