[550AA Power of members of staff to search pupils for weapons][: Wales]
Education Act 1996 (1996 c 56) | Legislation

[550AA  Power of members of staff to search pupils for weapons][: Wales]

[(1)     A member of the staff of a school [in Wales] who has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a pupil at the school may have with him or in his possessions—

(a)     an article to which section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 applies (knives and blades etc), or

(b)     an offensive weapon (within the meaning of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953),

may search that pupil or his possessions for such articles and weapons.

(2)     A search under this section may be carried out only where—

(a)     the member of the staff and the pupil are on the premises of the school; or

(b)     they are elsewhere and the member of the staff has lawful control or charge of the pupil.

(3)     A person may carry out a search under this section only if—

(a)     he

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