Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 644

644 Watch-house officer may ask entrant to remove outer garment etc.

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a watch-house officer reasonably considers it necessary to make a request under subsection (2) in relation to an entrant or the entrant’s belongings, whether or not the entrant or belongings have been subjected to electronic screening; and

(b) the watch-house officer tells the entrant the reasons for making the request.

(2) The watch-house officer may ask the person to do 1 or more of the following—

(a) allow the watch-house officer to inspect the entrant’s belongings;

(b) remove 1 or more outer garments worn by the entrant as stated by the watch-house officer and allow the watch-house officer to inspect the garments;

(c) remove all articles from the entrant’s clothing and allow the watch-house officer to inspect them;

(d) open an article for inspection and allow the watch-house officer to inspect it;

(e) allow the watch-house officer, or another adult assisting the officer, to touch the garments the entrant is wearing for the purpose of the officer inspecting the entrant’s belongings;

(f) open a vehicle or a part of it for inspection and allow the watch-house officer to inspect it;

(g) remove an article from the vehicle as specified by the watch-house officer and allow the watch-house officer to inspect it.

(3) In this section—

"inspect" , an article, includes handle the article, open it and examine its contents.