sec.157ZBRequirements for search of possessions

### sec.157ZB Requirements for search of possessions A person authorised under section 157Y to carry out a search of a person’s possessions (the searcher ) may— open or inspect a thing in the person’s possession; and remove and inspect any detected thing. However, the searcher may exercise a power to inspect a thing under subsection (1) only if the person is present or has been given the opportunity to be present. Subsection (2) does not apply if the person obstructs the searcher in the exercise of the searcher’s powers. s 157ZB ins 2016 No. 5 s 921 (sec.157ZB-ssec.1) A person authorised under section 157Y to carry out a search of a person’s possessions (the searcher ) may— open or inspect a thing in the person’s possession; and remove and inspect any detected thing. (sec.157ZB-ssec.2) However, the searcher may exercise a power to inspect a thing under subsection (1) only if the person is present or has been given the opportunity to be present. (sec.157ZB-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person obstructs the searcher in the exercise of the searcher’s powers. - (a) open or inspect a thing in the person’s possession; and - (b) remove and inspect any detected thing.