# The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, Article 54: Abolition of certain powers of constables to search persons


(1) . . . , 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

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1989/1341/article/54 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-northern-ireland-order-1989/article-54
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