29Application of Division

29 Application of Division

29 Application of Division

(1) This Division applies to any search of a person carried out by a police officer under this Act, except as otherwise provided by this Act or the regulations.

(2) This Division also applies to any search of a person that is carried out by a police officer after obtaining the person’s consent to carry out the search. In that case—

(a) the purpose of the search is the purpose for which the police officer obtained consent to search, and

(b) a general consent to the carrying out of a search is not consent to carry out a strip search unless the person consents to the carrying out of a strip search.

s 29: Subst 2014 No 31, Sch 3 [20].