(2) A police officer
may, at or soon after the time when a person is taken into custody under a
preventative detention order, search the person and anything in the possession
of the person in order to ascertain whether the person is carrying any
seizable items.
(3) A police officer is not authorised to search for evidence
of, or relating to, a terrorist act, unless the police officer has reasonable
cause to suspect the person is carrying such evidence.
(4) The police officer
may seize any seizable item found as a result of a search conducted under this
section.
(5) Division 4 of Part 4 of the Law Enforcement (Powers and
Responsibilities) Act 2002 extends to the search of a person conducted under
this section. However, in addition to section 31 of that Act, a police officer
may only strip search a person under this section if the police officer
suspects on reasonable grounds that the person is the target of an
authorisation within the meaning of Part 2.
