# Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Section 153: Searches of person following removal to place of safety

Status: prospective

Article 55 of PACE (searches of detained persons) applies in relation to a person detained in a place of safety under this Part as if—
(a) in paragraph (1) the reference to a person who has been brought to a police station after being arrested elsewhere were to a person who has been brought to a police station under section 139 or under section 145 (except from another police station);
(b) paragraph (4)(a)(iii) were omitted;
(c) in paragraph (7) the reference to the person mentioned there were to a person detained in a place of safety under this Part.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/section/153 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-153
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