Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) An authorised officer may—
(a) request a person to produce and open for inspection and search by an authorised officer any bag, basket, or other receptacle that the person—
(i) intends to take into an event venue or an event area; or
(ii) has in an event venue or an event area;
(b) request a person to produce and empty of its contents any bag, basket or other receptacle that the person—
(i) intends to take into an event venue or an event area; or
(ii) has in an event venue or an event area;
(c) request a person who intends to enter, or has entered, an event venue or an event area to turn out that person's pockets;
(d) request a person who intends to enter an event venue or an event area—
(i) to walk through screening equipment;
S. 90(1)(d)(ii) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 104.11(a)).
(ii) to allow an authorised officer to pass hand-held screening equipment over or around the person or around things in the person's possession;
(iii) to allow things in the person's possession to pass through screening equipment or to be examined by X-ray.
(2) If a request under subsection (1)(b) or (1)(c) is made of a person by an authorised officer—
(a) the person may request that the inspection be conducted in private; and
(b) the authorised officer must conduct the inspection in a private area set aside by the venue manager or event organiser for that purpose.
(3) For the purposes of inspection and search under this section, an authorised officer may—
(a) search through any bag, basket or other receptacle; or
(b) search through and move the contents of that bag, basket or other receptacle; or
(c) search through and move the contents of a person's pockets turned out in accordance with subsection (1)(c).
(4) An authorised officer may direct a person not to enter the event venue or event area for a period of 24 hours if the person refuses to comply with a request made under subsection (1).
(5) An authorised officer may direct a person who is in an event venue or an event area and who refuses to comply with a request under subsection (1) to leave the event venue or event area and not re-enter the event venue or event area for a period of 24 hours.
S. 90(5A) inserted by No. 16/2013 s. 15, amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 104.11(b)).
(5A) An authorised officer who is a police officer may require a person who has been given a direction under subsection (4) or (5) to give his or her name and address to the authorised officer.
Note
Section 184(2) sets out that an authorised officer must produce his or her identity card for inspection when exercising a power under this Act.
(6) In this section—
"screening equipment" means a metal detector or similar device for detecting objects or particular substances.
S. 90A inserted by No. 16/2013 s. 16.