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Mental Health Act 2016
sec.392Power to search visitor
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sec.392 Power to search visitor
An authorised security officer for the service may ask the visitor— to submit to a general search, scanning search or personal search by the authorised security officer; or to submit the visitor’s possessions to a search.
- (a) to submit to a general search, scanning search or personal search by the authorised security officer; or
- (b) to submit the visitor’s possessions to a search.