66WSearch powers after entry

66W Search powers after entry (1) A police officer may exercise a power under this section only if the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the search is necessary— (a) to monitor the registrable offender's compliance with a condition to which the monitoring condition relates; or (b) because the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds the registrable offender of behaviour or conduct associated with an increased risk of contravening a condition to which the monitoring condition relates. (2) A police officer exercising a power of entry under a monitoring condition may search and examine— (a) any part of the premises occupied by the registrable offender; and (b) any thing (including a vehicle) belonging to, or in the possession or control of, the registrable offender; and (c) the registrable offender. (3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(c), a search of the registrable offender means either or both a garment search or a pat‑down search. (4) To the extent practicable, a pat-down search must be conducted by a police officer of the same sex as the registrable offender being searched. (5) A police officer may use such force as is reasonably necessary to conduct a search or examine any thing under this section, if that use of force is authorised by the most senior police officer present during the search. (6) A police officer may detain the registrable offender for so long as is reasonably necessary to conduct a search or examine any thing under this section. (7) A search under this section may continue only for as long as necessary to achieve the purpose of the search. (8) In this section— ***garment search*** means a search of any article of clothing worn by a person or in the person's possession, where the article of clothing is touched and removed from the person's body; ***pat-down search*** means a search of a person where the person's clothed body is touched. S. 66X inserted by No. 21/2016 s. 8.