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YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 2024 - SECT 508

Search of any person on entering or leaving a youth justice custodial centre

    (1)     Any person (whether a youth justice custodial officer, a visitor or any other person) who intends to enter or leave a youth justice custodial centre, if asked, must submit to—

        (a)     a screening search; and

        (b)     a pat-down search.

    (2)     Subsection (1)(b) does not apply to a judge of the Supreme Court or County Court or a magistrate.

    (3)     A person must not be asked under this section to submit to—

        (a)     an unclothed search; or

        (b)     a search of the person's body cavities.

    (4)     This section does not apply to a child or young person held in custody in a youth justice custodial centre.



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