LAW ENFORCEMENT (POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES) ACT 2002 - SECT 31 Strip searches

LAW ENFORCEMENT (POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES) ACT 2002 - SECT 31

31 Strip searches

A police officer may carry out a strip search of a person if--

(a) in the case where the search is carried out at a police station or other place of detention--the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the strip search is necessary for the purposes of the search, or

(b) in the case where the search is carried out in any other place--the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the strip search is necessary for the purposes of the search and that the seriousness and urgency of the circumstances make the strip search necessary.