30Searches generally

#### 30 Searches generally 30 Searches generally > In conducting the search of a person, a police officer may— > > > (a) quickly run his or her hands over the person’s outer clothing, and > > > (b) require the person to remove his or her coat or jacket or similar article of clothing and any gloves, shoes, socks and hat (but not, except in the case of a strip search, all of the person’s clothes), and > > > (c) examine anything in the possession of the person, and > > > (d) pass an electronic metal detection device over or in close proximity to the person’s outer clothing or anything removed from the person, and > > > (e) do any other thing authorised by this Act for the purposes of the search. > > **s 30:** Subst 2014 No 31, Sch 3 \[21\].