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1

Every trainee shall be searched on his reception into a centre and subsequently as the governor thinks necessary.

2

A trainee shall be searched in as seemly a manner as is consistent with discovering anything concealed.

3

No trainee shall be stripped and searched—

a

without the authority of the governor;

b

in the presence of more than two officers; and

c

in the sight of another trainee or in the sight or presence of an officer not of the same sex.

4

A written record shall be kept of any search to which paragraph (3) above applies which shall specify—

a

the name of the trainee;

b

the reason for the search;

c

when the search was carried out;

d

who authorised the search and who carried it out; and

e

what, if anything, was found as a result of the search.