sec.552Power to inspect entrant’s belongings

### sec.552 Power to inspect entrant’s belongings This section applies if— a police officer or protective services officer reasonably considers it necessary for the security of a state building to make a request under subsection (2) in relation to an entrant to the state building, or the entrant’s belongings, whether or not the entrant or belongings have been subjected to electronic screening; and the officer tells the entrant the reasons for making the request. The police officer or protective services officer may ask the entrant to do 1 or more of the following things— allow the officer to inspect the entrant’s belongings; remove 1 or more outer garments worn by the entrant as specified by the officer and allow the officer to inspect the garments; remove all articles from the entrant’s clothing and allow the officer to inspect them; open an article for inspection and allow the officer to inspect it; allow the officer, or another adult assisting the officer, to touch a garment the entrant is wearing for the purpose of the officer inspecting the entrant’s belongings; open a vehicle or a part of it for inspection and allow the officer to inspect it; remove an article from a vehicle as specified by the officer and allow the officer to inspect it; move a vehicle to, and park it in, a place specified by the officer; if the officer reasonably believes a belonging of the entrant is capable of concealing a proscribed thing—deposit the belonging in a place specified by the officer. In this section— inspect , an article, includes handle the article, open it and examine its contents. s 552 (prev s 262) amd 2000 No. 22 s 3 sch renum 2000 No. 22 s 19 sub 2022 No. 9 s 4 amd 2024 No. 24 s 38 (sec.552-ssec.1) This section applies if— a police officer or protective services officer reasonably considers it necessary for the security of a state building to make a request under subsection (2) in relation to an entrant to the state building, or the entrant’s belongings, whether or not the entrant or belongings have been subjected to electronic screening; and the officer tells the entrant the reasons for making the request. (sec.552-ssec.2) The police officer or protective services officer may ask the entrant to do 1 or more of the following things— allow the officer to inspect the entrant’s belongings; remove 1 or more outer garments worn by the entrant as specified by the officer and allow the officer to inspect the garments; remove all articles from the entrant’s clothing and allow the officer to inspect them; open an article for inspection and allow the officer to inspect it; allow the officer, or another adult assisting the officer, to touch a garment the entrant is wearing for the purpose of the officer inspecting the entrant’s belongings; open a vehicle or a part of it for inspection and allow the officer to inspect it; remove an article from a vehicle as specified by the officer and allow the officer to inspect it; move a vehicle to, and park it in, a place specified by the officer; if the officer reasonably believes a belonging of the entrant is capable of concealing a proscribed thing—deposit the belonging in a place specified by the officer. (sec.552-ssec.4) In this section— inspect , an article, includes handle the article, open it and examine its contents. - (a) a police officer or protective services officer reasonably considers it necessary for the security of a state building to make a request under subsection (2) in relation to an entrant to the state building, or the entrant’s belongings, whether or not the entrant or belongings have been subjected to electronic screening; and - (b) the officer tells the entrant the reasons for making the request. - (a) allow the officer to inspect the entrant’s belongings; - (b) remove 1 or more outer garments worn by the entrant as specified by the officer and allow the officer to inspect the garments; - (c) remove all articles from the entrant’s clothing and allow the officer to inspect them; - (d) open an article for inspection and allow the officer to inspect it; - (e) allow the officer, or another adult assisting the officer, to touch a garment the entrant is wearing for the purpose of the officer inspecting the entrant’s belongings; - (f) open a vehicle or a part of it for inspection and allow the officer to inspect it; - (g) remove an article from a vehicle as specified by the officer and allow the officer to inspect it; - (h) move a vehicle to, and park it in, a place specified by the officer; - (i) if the officer reasonably believes a belonging of the entrant is capable of concealing a proscribed thing—deposit the belonging in a place specified by the officer.