Radiation Protection Act 2005
65Power to search person
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65 Power to search person
(1) In this section, a reference to a search of a person includes a reference to a search of the clothes of the person and any article in the possession of the person but does not include a reference to a strip search of the person.
(2) If an authorised officer reasonably believes that a person has in his or her possession a radiation source, the officer may search that person without warrant and with such assistance as the officer considers appropriate.
(3) For the purposes of conducting a search under subsection (2) , the authorised officer may do one or more of the following:
(a) detain the person;
(b) require the person to accompany the officer to a place which the officer considers appropriate for conducting the search;
(c) use such assistants and force as the officer considers appropriate and reasonable in the circumstances for the purpose of so detaining the person or so requiring the person to accompany the officer.
(4) On conducting a search under this section, the authorised officer may seize a radiation source found in the possession of the person.