CUSTOMS REGULATIONS (REPEALED)

REGULATION 177   PLACES WHERE INTERNAL SEARCH ETC. MAY BE CARRIED OUT  

177(1)   [Places prescribed for sec 219Z(3)(a)]  

For the purposes of paragraph 219Z(3)(a) of the Act, a place that is:

(a) a hospital; or

(b) the surgery or other practising rooms of a medical practitioner registered or licensed under a law of a State or Territory providing for the registration of medical practitioners;

is a place where an internal search may be carried out.

177(2)   [Places prescribed for sec 219Z(5)(a)]  

For the purposes of paragraph 219Z(5)(a) of the Act, a place that is:

(a) a hospital; or

(b) the surgery or other practising rooms of a medical practitioner registered or licensed under a law of a State or Territory providing for the registration of medical practitioners;

is a place where the recovery of an internally concealed substance or thing may be carried out.