{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/short-term-holding-facility-rules-2018/article-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/short-term-holding-facility-rules-2018/article-46.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/409",
  "legislation_title": "The Short-term Holding Facility Rules 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/short-term-holding-facility-rules-2018",
  "path": "article/46",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Control of persons and vehicles",
  "text": "(1) A person or vehicle entering or leaving a short-term holding facility may be stopped, examined and searched by a detainee custody officer or an immigration officer and that search may include a search of any property found on their person or in the vehicle.\n(2) A search of a person under paragraph (1) must be carried out in as seemly a manner as is consistent with discovering anything concealed and may not require a person to remove any of their clothing other than an outer coat, jacket or glove.\n(3) A detainee custody officer or an immigration officer may confiscate any item located as a result of a search under paragraph (1) that the detainee custody officer or immigration officer has reasonable grounds to believe may compromise the security of the short-term holding facility or the safety of any person.\n(4) Any item seized under paragraph (3) may be disposed of in such manner as the manager may direct.\n(5) If a person does not leave a short-term holding facility when required to do so, a detainee custody officer or immigration officer may use reasonable force where necessary to remove that person if directed by the manager.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/409/article/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:59:42.122735+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}