271Body searches—rules about young detainees’ clothing

271 Body searches—rules about young detainees’ clothing (1) A body search of a young detainee must not involve— (a) the removal from the young detainee of more clothes than is necessary and reasonable for the search; or (b) the removal from the young detainee of more clothes at any time than is necessary and reasonable for the search; or (c) without limiting paragraph (b), both the upper and lower parts of the young detainee’s body being uncovered at the same time. (2) A young detainee who has been body-searched must be allowed to dress in private as soon as the search is finished. (3) If clothing from a young detainee is seized during a body search, the director-general must ensure that the young detainee is left with, or given, appropriate clothing to wear.