# Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Section 155: Intimate searches

Status: prospective

Article 56 of PACE (intimate searches) applies in relation to a person detained in a place of safety under this Part as if—
(a) in paragraph (1)(a) the reference to a person who has been arrested and is in police detention were a reference to a person detained in a place of safety under this Part;
(b) in paragraph (1)(a)(ii) the reference to police detention or the custody of a court were a reference to detention under this Part;
(c) paragraphs (1)(b), (3A) to (4), (9), (10A), (12)(a)(iii) and (13A) were omitted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/section/155 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-155
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