Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

Prospective

Intimate searchesN.I.

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155  Article 56 of PACE (intimate searches) applies in relation to a person detained in a place of safety under this Part as if—

(a)in paragraph (1)(a) the reference to a person who has been arrested and is in police detention were a reference to a person detained in a place of safety under this Part;

(b)in paragraph (1)(a)(ii) the reference to police detention or the custody of a court were a reference to detention under this Part;

(c)paragraphs (1)(b), (3A) to (4), (9), (10A), (12)(a)(iii) and (13A) were omitted.