SCHEDULE 11 Detainee Custody Officers
Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (1999 c 33) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 11 Detainee Custody Officers

Section 154(7)

Obtaining certificates of authorisation by false pretences

1

A person who, for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of authorisation for himself or for any other person—

(a)     makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular, or

(b)     recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular,

is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

Powers and duties of detainee custody officers

2

(1)     A detainee custody officer exercising custodial functions has power—

(a)     to search (in accordance with rules made by the Secretary of State) any detained person in relation to whom the officer is exercising custodial functions; and

(b)     to search any other person who is in, or is seeking to enter, any place where any such detained person is or is to be held, and any article in the possession of such a person.

(2)     The power conferred by sub-paragraph (1)(b) does not authorise requiring a person to remove any of his clothing other than

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