Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIME AND CORRUPTION ACT 2001 - SECT 101

101 Taking a person to another place for search

(1) If it is impracticable to search for a thing that may be concealed on a person where the person is, the authorised commission officer may take the person to a place with adequate facilities for conducting the search.

Example—

To search a person out of public view and cause minimal embarrassment to the person, a person in a casino may be taken to another room in the casino.

(2) Before taking a person to another place for a search because it is impracticable to search for a thing that may be concealed on the person where the person is, the authorised commission officer must consider the following—

(a) whether the thing sought may be concealed on the person;

(b) whether, for an effective search, the search should be conducted somewhere else;

(c) the need to protect the dignity of the person.