113CStrip searches—where prudent

113C Strip searches—where prudent (1) The director-general may direct a corrections officer to strip search a detainee at a correctional centre if— (a) the director-general believes on reasonable grounds that it is prudent to search the detainee for a seizeable item that may be concealed on or in the detainee because the detainee— (i) has recently not been under the control or immediate supervision of a corrections officer for a period; and

(ii) during the period, may have had an opportunity to obtain a seizeable item; and (b) a scanning search may assist in detecting the item but— (i) the means of conducting the search is not available at the correctional centre; or (ii) if the means of conducting the search is available—the scanning search is not likely to detect more than a limited range of seizeable items; or (iii) the search could only be carried out using force that would be likely to make it ineffectual; and (c) a frisk search or ordinary search is not likely to detect more than a limited range of seizeable items. Example—par (a) (ii) the detainee has had a personal contact visit by someone who is not an accredited person Example—par (b) (ii) a metal detector operating procedure in relation to strip searches under this section.