Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

DANGEROUS GOODS ACT 1975 (REPEALED) - SECT 43

    (1)     If a police officer suspects on reasonable grounds that a person is carrying on his or her person an explosive in contravention of this Act, the officer may detain and search the person.

    (2)     If a police officer suspects, on reasonable grounds, that an explosive is being carried in a vehicle in contravention of this Act, the officer may stop and search the vehicle.

    (3)     A search of a person under this section must be carried out by a person of the same sex as the person being searched.

    (4)     However, if a transgender or intersex person is searched, the person may require that the search be carried out by either a male or a female.

    (5)     If the transgender or intersex person requires that the search be carried out by a male, the person is taken, for this section, to be male.

    (6)     If the transgender or intersex person requires that the search be carried out by a female, the person is taken, for this section, to be female.