Corrections Management Act 2007
113AStrip searches—when may be conducted
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113A Strip searches—when may be conducted (1) A detainee may be strip searched only if the director-general gives a direction in accordance with section 113B or section 113C. Note 1 Section 126 provides for the use of force to carry out searches under this Note 2 This section does not apply to a strip search conducted on a detainee on their admission to a correctional centre (see s 70 (2)). (2) To remove any doubt, a strip search of a detainee may be conducted immediately after any scanning search, frisk search or ordinary search of the detainee.