Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DEFENCE ACT 1903 - SECT 71H

Power to request identification etc.

  (1)   A defence security official may request a person who is about to pass a defence access control point to provide evidence of the following:

  (a)   the person's name;

  (b)   the person's residential address;

  (c)   the person's authority to pass the defence access control point.

Power to request limited search

  (2)   A defence security official may request a person who is about to pass a defence access control point to undergo a limited search.

Power to refuse access etc.

  (3)   A defence security official may refuse to allow a person to pass a defence access control point if:

  (a)   the person refuses a request by a defence security official under subsection   (1) or (2); or

  (b)   as a result of the person complying with such a request, a defence security official reasonably believes that the person:

  (i)   is not authorised to pass the defence access control point; or

  (ii)   constitutes a threat to the safety of persons on the defence premises; or

  (iii)   has committed, or may commit, a criminal offence on, or in relation to, the defence premises.

Additional powers if person is on defence premises

  (4)   If a defence security official refuses to allow a person to pass a defence access control point under subsection   (3), a defence security official may, if the person is on defence premises, restrain and detain the person.