119Body searches—rules about detainee’s clothing

119 Body searches—rules about detainee’s clothing (1) A body search of a detainee must not involve— (a) the removal of more clothes than is necessary and reasonable to conduct the search; or (b) the removal of more clothes at any time than is necessary and reasonable to conduct the search; or (c) without limiting paragraph (b), both the upper and lower parts of the person’s body being uncovered at the same time.

(2) A detainee who has been body searched must be allowed to dress in private immediately after the search is finished. (3) If clothing from a detainee is seized during a body search, the director-general must ensure that the detainee is left with, or given, appropriate clothing to wear.