South Australian Consolidated Acts

TERRORISM (POLICE POWERS) ACT 2005 - SECT 9

9—Power to search persons

        (1)         A police officer may stop and search a person, and anything in the possession of or under the control of the person, if the officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the person—

            (a)         is the target of an authorisation; or

            (b)         is, in suspicious circumstances, in the company of a person who is the target of an authorisation; or

            (c)         is about to enter, is in, or has recently left, a vehicle that is the target of an authorisation; or

            (d)         is about to enter, is in, or has recently left, an area that is the target of an authorisation.

        (2)         Schedule 1 applies to a search conducted under this section.

        (3)         Section 81 of the Summary Offences Act 1953 and regulations made under that section apply to a videotape recording made under Schedule 1 as if the recording had been made under that section.

        (4)         A police officer may detain a person for as long as is reasonably necessary to conduct a search under this section.