Part 3Enforcement officers' powers and orders
Warrantless powers of entry and search incidental to arrest or detention
88Warrantless search of arrested or detained person
A person to whom this subpart applies may, in the circumstances set out in subsection (2), carry out a search of a person.
The circumstances are that the person to whom this subpart applies has reasonable grounds to believe that there is any thing on or carried by a person who is arrested or detained under a statutory power of detention that—
- may be used to harm any person; or
- may be used to facilitate the person’s escape; or
- is evidential material relating to the offence in respect of which the arrest is made or the person is detained.