CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 - SECT 211 Powers of escort officers
CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 - SECT 211
Powers of escort officers(1) An escort officer escorting a full-time detainee under an interstate leave permit may, to keep custody of the detainee under the permit or to arrest the detainee if the detainee has escaped—
(a) give the detainee any direction that the officer believes, on reasonable grounds, is necessary and reasonable; and
(b) use force in accordance with part 9.7 (Use of force).
(2) An escort officer escorting a full-time detainee under an interstate leave permit may conduct a scanning search, frisk search or ordinary search of the detainee if the officer suspects, on reasonable grounds, the detainee may be carrying a prohibited thing.
(3) Part 9.4 (Searches) and part 9.5 (Seizing property) apply, with any necessary changes and any changes prescribed by regulation, in relation to a search under this section.