Corrections Management Act 2007
107Definitions—searches
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107 Definitions—searches body search, of a detainee, means a search of the detainee’s body, including an examination of any orifice or cavity of the detainee’s body. frisk search means— (a) a search of a person conducted by quickly running the hands over the person’s outer garments; and (b) an examination of anything worn or carried by the person that is conveniently and voluntarily removed by the person. ordinary search means a search of a person, or of articles in a person’s possession, that may include— (a) requiring the person to remove the person’s overcoat, coat or jacket and any gloves, shoes or hat; and (b) an examination of those items. scanning search means a search of a person by electronic or other means that does not require the person to remove the person’s clothing or to be touched by someone else. Examples of scanning searches 1 passing a portable electronic or other device over a person 2 requiring a person to pass by or through an electronic or other device strip search, of a detainee, means a search of the detainee, or of articles in the detainee’s possession, that may include— (a) requiring the detainee to remove all of the detainee’s clothing; and
(b) an examination of the detainee’s body (but not the detainee’s body orifices or cavities) and of that clothing.