{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-154",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-154.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2016/18",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "section/154",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "154",
  "heading": "Searches and examination to ascertain identity",
  "text": "Article 55A of PACE (searches and examination to ascertain identity) applies in relation to a person detained in a place of safety under this Part as if—\n(a) in paragraph (1) the reference to a person who is detained in a police station were to a person who is detained in any place of safety under this Part;\n(b) paragraphs (1)(a), (2), (5) and (9) to (13) were omitted;\n(c) in paragraphs (6) and (7) the references to taking photographs were omitted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/section/154",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:54.781348+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}