[136C Protective searches]
Mental Health Act 1983 (1983 c 20) | Legislation

[136C  Protective searches]

[(1)     Where a warrant is issued under section 135(1) or (2), a constable may search the person to whom the warrant relates if the constable has reasonable grounds for believing that the person—

(a)     may present a danger to himself or herself or to others, and

(b)     is concealing on his or her person an item that could be used to cause physical injury to himself or herself or to others.

(2)     The power to search conferred by subsection (1) may be exercised—

(a)     in a case where a warrant

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