Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum
Notes on amendments
Amendment (1)
6. Amendment 1 inserts a new subsection (2A) into Schedule 1, after new subsection 219ZAB(2) of the < HP1 > Customs Act 1901 </ HP1 > (the Act).
7. New subsection 219ZAB(2A) will provide that any equipment prescribed under subsection (2) must be configured so that the equipment's use, when carrying out an internal non-medical scan, is limited to that which is necessary to produce an indication that a person is or may be internally concealing a suspicious substance.
8. This will ensure that the equipment will only be used for the purpose under the Act for which it is procured, namely, to carry out an internal non-medical scan, of internal cavities within a skeletal structure.