Part 2Prisons

Contracted out prisons and secure training centres

16Power of search in contracted out prisons and secure training centres

(1)

In section 86 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53) (powers and duties of prisoner custody officers in contracted out prisons)—

(a)

in subsection (1)(b), after “search” there is inserted “ in accordance with prison rules ”; and

(b)

in subsection (2), for the words from “remove” to the end there is substituted “ submit to an intimate search (within the meaning of section 164(5) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979). ”

(2)

In section 9 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33) (powers and duties of custody officers in contracted out secure training centres)—

(a)

in subsection (1)(b), after “search” there is inserted “ in accordance with secure training centre rules ”; and

(b)

in subsection (2), for the words from “remove” to the end there is substituted “ submit to an intimate search (within the meaning of section 164(5) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979). ”