# The Secure Training Centres (Escorts) Rules 1998, Article 2: Search


(1) An officer shall only search an offender when it appears necessary to do so in the interests of security, good order or discipline.
(2) An offender shall be searched in as seemly a manner as is consistent with discovering anything concealed.
(3) An offender shall not be searched when he is exposed to public observation unless it appears to an officer that that is necessary.
(4) An offender shall not be stripped and searched in the sight of any person other than the officers who are present during the search.
(5) A minimum of two officers shall be present when an offender is being searched.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/473/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/secure-training-centres-escorts-rules-1998/article-2
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