25HInformation to be given to youth before search conducted

25H Information to be given to youth before search conducted

[Section 25H of Part 3 Inserted by No. 14 of 2022, s. 6, Applied:01 Dec 2022] Before a search of a youth is conducted by a search officer, the search officer must –

(a) inform the youth that a search is to be conducted; and

(b) if the search is to be an unclothed search – inform the youth that an unclothed search of the youth is to be conducted; and

(c) inform the youth that the youth may, before the search of the youth occurs, surrender an article that is on the person of the youth; and

(d) give the youth an opportunity, before the search of the youth occurs, to surrender, in circumstances that afford reasonable privacy to the youth, an article that is on the person of the youth.