Corrections Management Act 2007
116Body searches—directions
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116 Body searches—directions The director-general may direct a doctor appointed under section 22 (Health practitioners—non-therapeutic functions) to conduct a body search of a detainee if the director-general suspects, on reasonable grounds, that the detainee— (a) has ingested or inserted something in the detainee’s body that may jeopardise the detainee’s health or wellbeing; or (b) has a prohibited thing concealed in or on the detainee’s body that may be used in a way that may pose a risk to the security or good order at a correctional centre; or (c) has evidence of the commission of an offence or disciplinary breach concealed in or on the detainee.