Modification of section 55 of the Act (Intimate searches)

14.—(1) Section 55 of the Act (intimate searches)(1) shall have effect as if it related only to things such as are mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) of that section.

(2) The annual report of the Commissioners shall contain information about searches under section 55 which have been carried out during the period to which the report relates.

(1)

Section 55 of the Act was amended by section 170(1) of, and paragraphs 97 and 99 of Schedule 15 to, the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33); section 103 of, and paragraph 36 of Schedule 7 to, the Police Act 1996 (c.16); section 79 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c.16) and section 3 of the Drugs Act 2005 (c.17).