# Police Reform Act 2002, Paragraph 26: Non-intimate searches of detained persons


(1) Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he shall have the powers of a constable under section 54 of the 1984 Act (non-intimate searches of detained persons)—
(a) to carry out a search under that section of any person at a police station in the relevant police area or of any other person otherwise in police detention in that area; and
(b) to seize or retain, or cause to be seized or retained, anything found on such a search.
(2) Subsections (6C) and (9) of section 54 of that Act (restrictions on power to seize personal effects and searches to be carried out by a member of the same sex) shall apply to the exercise by a person to whom this paragraph is applied of any power exercisable by virtue of this paragraph as they apply to the exercise of the power in question by a constable.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/30/schedule/4/paragraph/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-act-2002/schedule-4/paragraph-26
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