# Police Reform Act 2002, Paragraph 28: Intimate searches of detained persons


(1) Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he shall have the powers of a constable by virtue of section 55(6) of the 1984 Act (intimate searches) to carry out an intimate search of a person at any police station in the relevant police area.
(2) Subsection (7) of section 55 of that Act (no intimate search to be carried out by a constable of the opposite sex) shall apply to the exercise by a person to whom this paragraph applies of any power exercisable by virtue of this paragraph as it applies 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/28 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-act-2002/schedule-4/paragraph-28
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