These Regulations specify prohibited items that members of staff in further education institutions and 16 to 19 Academies can search students for without their consent, and make provision for their disposal.

Regulation 3 lists the specified articles that are prohibited items. These are tobacco and cigarette papers, fireworks, and pornography. These items are not prohibited items where the student suspected of possessing them is aged 18 or over.

Regulation 4 makes provision for the disposal of the specified articles. Cigarettes and fireworks may be kept or disposed of. Any pornography may be disposed of unless possession constitutes a specified offence. Where this is the case, it must be taken to the police as soon as is reasonably practicable.

No impact assessment has been produced for this instrument because no impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.