Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DEFENCE ACT 1903 - SECT 72E

    For the purposes of conducting a search or a limited search of a person, or a search of a thing, under this Part or determining whether a thing may be seized under this Part, a defence security official may do one or more of the following:

  (a)   use any equipment, including electronic equipment, reasonably necessary for the search or the limited search, or the examination or processing of the thing;

  (b)   in the case of a thing that is on defence premises, and that a defence security official suspects on reasonable grounds:

  (i)   constitutes a threat to the safety of persons on the defence premises; or

  (ii)   relates to a criminal offence committed, or that may be committed, on or in relation to the defence premises;

    move the thing to another part of the defence premises for immediate examination or processing;

  (c)   use any equipment, including electronic equipment, to gain access to data stored on the thing;

  (d)   obtain expert assistance to do a thing referred to in paragraph   (a), (b) or (c).