Corrections and Conditional Release Regulations (SOR/92-620)

55 (1) A staff member may, by stopping a vehicle and inspecting the vehicle and its contents, conduct a routine search of a vehicle, without individualized suspicion, where

• (a) the vehicle is entering or leaving penitentiary property;

• (b) the vehicle is entering or leaving a secure area on penitentiary property;

• (c) the vehicle is in an area on penitentiary property to which access is restricted or prohibited; or

• (d) the vehicle is on penitentiary property at a time when visitors are not normally permitted to be at the penitentiary.

(2) Where an emergency occurs and the institutional head believes on reasonable grounds that contraband or evidence that relates to the emergency is located in a vehicle on penitentiary property, the institutional head may authorize a search of the vehicle and its contents by a staff member.