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Paragraph 9

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

(1)

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

(a)

it shall be treated as an authorisation given under article 7(1); and

(b)

anything done with respect to it under a provision of section 55A of the 1984 Act shall be treated as done under the equivalent provision of article 7.

(2)

Where an x-ray has been taken or an ultrasound scan carried out under section 55A of the 1984 Act—

(a)

it shall be treated as one carried out under article 7; and

(b)

anything done under a provision of section 55A with respect to it shall be treated as done under the equivalent provision of article 7.

(3)

In article 7 a reference to a refusal to give the appropriate consent to an x-ray or ultrasound scan of any person includes a reference to a refusal to give such consent under section 55A(1) of the 1984 Act.