CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 248 Searches—intrusiveness

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 248

A person conducting a search of a young detainee under this chapter must ensure, as far as practicable, that the search—

        (a)     is the least intrusive kind of search that is necessary and reasonable in the circumstances; and

        (b)     is conducted in the least intrusive way that is necessary and reasonable in the circumstances.

Example

searching for a prohibited thing by a scanning search rather than a frisk search