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Corrective Services Act 2006
sec.173Search of staff member
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### sec.173 Search of staff member
The chief executive may require a staff member at a corrective services facility to submit to a general search, scanning search or an imaging search—
at any time the staff member is at the facility; or
before entering the facility.
If the staff member does not submit to a search mentioned in subsection (1) when required to do so, the chief executive may direct the person to leave the corrective services facility.
s 173 amd 2020 No. 23 s 20 ; 2023 No. 14 s 18
(sec.173-ssec.1) The chief executive may require a staff member at a corrective services facility to submit to a general search, scanning search or an imaging search— at any time the staff member is at the facility; or before entering the facility.
(sec.173-ssec.2) If the staff member does not submit to a search mentioned in subsection (1) when required to do so, the chief executive may direct the person to leave the corrective services facility.
- (a) at any time the staff member is at the facility; or
- (b) before entering the facility.