LAW ENFORCEMENT (POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES) ACT 2002 - SECT 29
Application of Division
LAW ENFORCEMENT (POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES) ACT 2002 - SECT 29
Application of Division
29 Application of Division
(1) This Division applies to any search of a
person carried out by a police officer under this Act, except as otherwise
provided by this Act or the regulations.
(2) This Division also applies to
any search of a person that is carried out by a police officer after obtaining
the person's consent to carry out the search. In that case--
(a) the purpose
of the search is the purpose for which the police officer obtained consent to
search, and
(b) a general consent to the carrying out of a search is not
consent to carry out a strip search unless the person consents to the carrying
out of a strip search.
