Part 2Police powers
Searches and samples
I141Intimate searches
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In Article 56 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12)) (intimate searches) after paragraph (5) insert—
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A person may use reasonable force, if necessary, in carrying out an intimate search as mentioned in paragraph (4) or (5).
2
Subsection (1) comes into force in accordance with provision made by the F1Department of Justice by order.