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Children and Young People Act 2008
248Searches—intrusiveness
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248 Searches—intrusiveness A person conducting a search of a young detainee under this chapter must ensure, as far as practicable, that the search— (a) is the least intrusive kind of search that is necessary and reasonable in the circumstances; and (b) is conducted in the least intrusive way that is necessary and reasonable in the circumstances. searching for a prohibited thing by a scanning search rather than a frisk search