189Clothing and body searches

189 Clothing and body searches (1) If a police officer is authorised under this division to search the clothing that a person is wearing, the police officer may remove, or require the person to remove, any clothing that the person is wearing. (2) A person shall not be searched under this division except by a police officer of the same sex. (3) However, if a transgender or intersex person is searched, the person may require that the search be conducted by either a male or a female. Note 1 For the meaning of transgender person see Legislation Act, s 169A. Note 2 For the meaning of intersex person, see Legislation Act, s 169B. (4) If the transgender or intersex person requires that the search be conducted by a male, the person is taken, for this section, to be male. (5) If the transgender or intersex person requires that the search be conducted by a female, the person is taken, for this section, to be female. (6) Nothing in this division authorises a police officer to conduct an internal body search.