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Made | 20th May 2004 | ||
Laid before Parliament | 21st May 2004 | ||
Coming into force | 11th June 2004 |
2.
- (1) An officer shall only search a prisoner when it appears necessary to do so in the interests of security, good order or discipline.
(2) These Rules do not permit the search of a body cavity, but a prisoner may be required to open his mouth to permit a visual inspection.
3.
- (1) This rule does not apply to a prisoner who is being subjected to a full search.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), a prisoner shall not be searched in any place where he can be seen by any person who is not an officer, a police officer, an officer of a prison or the prisoner escort monitor.
(3) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply where it appears to an officer that it is necessary to search a prisoner in a place where he can be seen by a person who is not an officer, a police officer, an officer of a prison or the prisoner escort monitor.
4.
A prisoner shall not be subjected to a full search in any place where he can be seen by any person other than the officers who are present during the search.
5.
A minimum of two officers shall be present when a prisoner is being subjected to a full search.
6.
A prisoner shall only be subjected to a full search by officers of the same sex as the prisoner.
Ian Pearson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Northern Ireland Office
20th May 2004
[2] 1953 c. 18 (N.I.) as amended by S.I. 1973/2163.back