CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 271 Body searches—rules about young detainees' clothing
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 271
Body searches—rules about young detainees' clothing(1) A body search of a young detainee must not involve—
(a) the removal from the young detainee of more clothes than is necessary and reasonable for the search; or
(b) the removal from the young detainee of more clothes at any time than is necessary and reasonable for the search; or
(c) without limiting paragraph (b), both the upper and lower parts of the young detainee's body being uncovered at the same time.
(2) A young detainee who has been body-searched must be allowed to dress in private as soon as the search is finished.
(3) If clothing from a young detainee is seized during a body search, the director-general must ensure that the young detainee is left with, or given, appropriate clothing to wear.