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Article 54 Abolition of certain powers of constables to search persons

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

(1)

F1. . . , there shall cease to have effect any statutory provision made before the date of the coming into operation of this Order in so far as it authorises—

(a)

any search by a constable of a person in police detention at a police station; or

(b)

an intimate search of a person by a constable;

and any rule of common law which authorises a search such as is mentioned in sub‐paragraph (a) or (b) is abolished.

Para. (2) rep. by 2000 c. 11

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

2000 c. 11

Notes on the whole Order

Textual amendments

F1

mod. by 2005 c. 2