Section 41 Intimate searchesI1
Northern Ireland
(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—
“(5A)A person may use reasonable force, if necessary, in carrying out an intimate search as mentioned in paragraph (4) or (5).”
(2)
Subsection (1) comes into force in accordance with provision made by the F1Department of Justice by order.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
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)
Commencement
- I1
S. 41 partly in force; s. 41(2) in force at Royal Assent, see 41(2)