# Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Section 154: Searches and examination to ascertain identity

Status: prospective

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—
(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;
(b) paragraphs (1)(a), (2), (5) and (9) to (13) were omitted;
(c) in paragraphs (6) and (7) the references to taking photographs were omitted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/section/154 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-154
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