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DEFENCE ACT 1903 - SECT 71M

Consensual search--person on a declared explosive ordnance depot

  (1)   A contracted defence security guard may request a person who is on a declared explosive ordnance depot to undergo a limited search.

  (2)   A contracted defence security guard may restrain and detain a person if:

  (a)   the person refuses a request by a contracted defence security guard under subsection   ( 1); or

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

  (i)   is not authorised to be on the declared explosive ordnance depot; or

  (ii)   constitutes a threat to the safety of persons on the defence explosive ordnance depot; or

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


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