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COURT SECURITY ACT 2013 - SECT 19

Requests to undergo a frisk search

  (1)   A security officer may request a person who is seeking to enter, or is on, court premises to undergo a frisk search.

  (2)   If the person agrees to undergo a frisk search, the search may be conducted only by:

  (a)   a security officer of the same sex as the person; or

  (b)   if there is not a security officer of the same sex as the person available to conduct the search--a member of the staff of a court, who:

  (i)   is of the same sex as the person; and

  (ii)   has been requested by a security officer to conduct the search; and

  (iii)   has agreed to the request; and

  (iv)   conducts the search in the presence of a security officer; or

  (c)   if there is no - one available to conduct the search in accordance with paragraph   (a) or (b)--any security officer.



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