Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsPower to require identification etc.
(1) A special defence security official may require 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 search at defence access control point on defence premises
(2) A special defence security official may search a person who is about to pass a defence access control point on defence premises.
Note: If the defence access control point is not on defence premises, a defence security official may request the person to undergo a search under Division 3.
Power to refuse access etc.
(3) A special defence security official may refuse to allow a person to pass a defence access control point if:
(a) the person refuses to comply with a requirement imposed by a special defence security official under subsection (1); or
(b) the person hinders or obstructs a search of the person by a special defence security official under subsection (2); or
(c) as a result of the person complying with such a requirement or undergoing such a search, a special 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 special defence security official refuses to allow a person to pass a defence access control point under subsection (3), a special defence security official may, if the person is on defence premises:
(a) restrain and detain the person; or
(b) request the person to leave the defence premises and, if he or she refuses, remove the person from the defence premises.