Part 2

Police powers

Searches and samples

Intimate searches
41
1
In Article 56 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12)) (intimate searches) after paragraph (5) insert—
5A
A person may use reasonable force, if necessary, in carrying out an intimate search as mentioned in paragraph (4) or (5).
2
Subsection (1) comes into force in accordance with provision made by the Department of Justice by order.
S. 41 partly in force; s. 41(2) in force at Royal Assent, see 41(2)
Words in s. 41(2) substituted (18.10.2012) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2595), arts. 1(2), 11(3) (with arts. 24-28)