# The Service Custody and Service of Relevant Sentences Rules 2009, Article 36: Searches

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A detainee and his belongings shall be searched on admission to service custody premises, on return from a period of temporary release, and on final release.
(2) Such a detainee, his belongings and his room or cell may be searched at any time on the instructions of the commandant.
(3) Any search of any detainee shall be carried out by one or more members of staff of the service custody premises in the presence of at least one other member of staff.
(4) A detainee shall be searched in as seemly a manner as is consistent with discovering anything concealed.
(5) No detainee shall be stripped and searched in the sight of another detainee, or by or in the sight of a person of the opposite sex other than a medical officer.
(6) A member of staff who is authorised by the commandant to conduct a search under this rule may use reasonable force where it is necessary for that purpose.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1096/article/36 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/service-custody-and-service-of-relevant-sentences-rules-2009/article-36
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