Paragraph 8

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 2 para. 17(5)(a) words substituted by Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Armed Forces) 2011 art. 2(3)
Sch. 2 para. 17(5)(a) words substituted by Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Armed Forces) 2012 art. 2(3)
Sch. 2 para. 5A inserted by Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Armed Forces) 2013 art. 2(5)(a)
Sch. 2 para. 17(5)(6) substituted for Sch. 2 para. 17(5) by Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Armed Forces) 2013 art. 2(5)(b)

(1)

Where an authorisation has been given by a service policeman under section 55(1) of the 1984 Act—

(a)

it shall be treated as an authorisation given under article 6(1); and

(b)

anything done with respect to it under a provision of section 55 shall be treated as done under the equivalent provisions of article 6.

(2)

When an intimate search has been carried out under section 55 of the 1984 Act—

(a)

it shall be treated as an intimate search under article 6;

(b)

anything seized under section 55(12) of the 1984 Act shall be treated as seized under article 6(15); and

(c)

anything done under a provision of section 55 with respect to the intimate search or with respect to anything seized in consequence of the search shall be treated as done under the equivalent provision of article 6.

(3)

In article 6(17) a reference to a refusal to give the appropriate consent to a drug offence search of any person includes a reference to a refusal before commencement to give such consent under section 55 of the 1984 Act.