Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CUSTOMS ACT 1901 - SECT 219ZAD

Record of invitation to consent and consent

  (1)   If the detainee requests it, an officer of Customs must give the detainee, as soon as reasonably practicable:

  (a)   a copy of the record of an invitation to consent:

  (i)   to an external search under section   219R; or

  (ii)   to the use of prescribed equipment in the conduct of an external search; or

  (iii)   to an internal non - medical scan using prescribed equipment; and

  (b)   if the detainee gave consent--a copy of the record of the detainee's consent.

  (2)   If a detainee requests it, an officer of Customs must give the detainee, as soon as reasonably practicable, a copy of the record of the detainee's consent to an internal medical search.

Copy of order for external search

  (3)   If an order for an external search of a detainee is made under subsection   219R(2), a copy of the order is to be given, as soon as reasonably practicable:

  (a)   unless paragraph   (b) applies--to the detainee; or

  (b)   if the detainee is in need of protection--to the person in whose presence the external search is to be carried out.