South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (GENDER IDENTITY AND EQUITY) ACT 2016 (NO 35 OF 2016) - SECT 8

8—Amendment of section 37—Search of prisoners

        (1)         Section 37(2)(a)—after "sex" insert:

or gender identity

        (2)         Section 37—after subsection (2) insert:

        (2a)         A prisoner may waive the requirement under subsection (2)(a) that those present during a search (other than a medical practitioner) be of the same sex or gender identity as the prisoner.