Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00176:section:71t
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00176
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 71T
Character Range: 219841–220906

71T  Non‑consensual identification and search—person on defence premises

When section applies
 (1) This section applies if:
 (a) a person is on defence premises; and
 (b) a special defence security official reasonably believes that the person:
 (i) is not authorised to be on the premises; or
 (ii) constitutes a threat to the safety of persons on the defence premises; or
 (iii) has committed, or may commit, a criminal offence on, or in relation to, the premises.

Power to require identification etc.
 (2) A special defence security official may require the person to provide evidence of the following:
 (a) the person's name;
 (b) the person's residential address;
 (c) the person's authority to be on the defence premises.

Power to search
 (3) A special defence security official may search the person.

Power to restrain and detain, remove etc.
 (4) A special defence security official may:
 (a) restrain and detain the person; or
 (b) request the person to leave the defence premises and if he or she refuses, remove the person from the defence premises.