Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00176:section:71h
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00176
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 71H
Character Range: 207746–209217

71H  Consensual identification and limited search—person about to pass a defence access control point

Power to request identification etc.
 (1) A defence security official may request a person who is about to pass a defence access control point to provide evidence of the following:
 (a) the person's name;
 (b) the person's residential address;
 (c) the person's authority to pass the defence access control point.

Power to request limited search
 (2) A defence security official may request a person who is about to pass a defence access control point to undergo a limited search.

Power to refuse access etc.
 (3) A defence security official may refuse to allow a person to pass a defence access control point if:
 (a) the person refuses a request by a defence security official under subsection (1) or (2); or
 (b) as a result of the person complying with such a request, a defence security official reasonably believes that the person:
 (i) is not authorised to pass the defence access control point; 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 defence premises.

Additional powers if person is on defence premises
 (4) If a defence security official refuses to allow a person to pass a defence access control point under subsection (3), a defence security official may, if the person is on defence premises, restrain and detain the person.