{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2003/section-41",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2003/section-41.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/6",
  "legislation_title": "Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2003",
  "path": "section/41",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "41",
  "heading": "Intimate searches",
  "text": "(1) In Article 56 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12)) (intimate searches) after paragraph (5) insert—\n“(5A) A person may use reasonable force, if necessary, in carrying out an intimate search as mentioned in paragraph (4) or (5).”\n(2) Subsection (1) comes into force in accordance with provision made by the Department of Justice by order.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 41(2) substituted (18.10.2012) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2595), arts. 1(2), 11(3) (with arts. 24-28)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 41 partly in force; s. 41(2) in force at Royal Assent, see 41(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/6/section/41",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:35.196237+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}