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Customs Regulations 1926
176BStorage of records of an external search or an internal non‑medical scan
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#### 176B Storage of records of an external search or an internal non‑medical scan
(1) For section 219ZAE of the Act, this regulation applies to the search record of an external search or an internal non‑medical scan of a detainee under section 219R or 219SA of the Act.
(2) The search record must be securely stored.
(3) A person responsible for the custody of the search record must make and keep, manually or by electronic means, a register of the details of any movement or removal of the records or any part of the records.
(4) The details mentioned in subregulation (3) must include:
(a) the name of the agency, and of the person, moving or removing the search record or any part of the records; and
(b) the reason for the movement or removal; and
(c) the date of the movement or removal and, if the search record or part of the search record is removed, the date (if any) of return; and
(d) the date of destruction of the search record.
(5) In this regulation:
> search record, of an external search or an internal non‑medical scan of a detainee, means:
(a) a videotape or other electronic record of the external search of the detainee mentioned in paragraph 219ZAE(1)(a) of the Act ; and
(b) a photograph or image mentioned in paragraph 219ZAE(1)(b) or (c) of the Act, relating to the detainee; and
(c) a sample from the outer surface of the detainee’s hand mentioned in paragraph 219ZAE(1)(d).