NSW Does Corrective Services Have the Right to Search a Car?

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Fran72

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Hi, I was wondering if it is legal for corrective services to search your car when you go to visit someone in jail ? Do you have a right to refuse?
 

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1. Yes.
2. Not if you want to be let in.
 

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They were within their rights, yes.
 

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Why would he be at the gate if he didn't want to get in?
 

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Sounded like he'd already parked on prison property and handed his keys in. My understanding, which could be wrong, is that once on prison property it is too late.
 

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Because he decided he did not agree with the conditions of entry. But then they imposed those conditions on him regardless.
Nope.
The car park and similar parts of declared premises are part of those premises, and accordingly, clause 90 of the Regulation applies.
 
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