Schedules
C1Schedule 2Powers of entry, search and seizure
Part 2Scotland
I1I230Supplementary
1
This Part of this Schedule is without prejudice to any rule of law under which—
a
communications between a professional legal adviser and their client, or
b
communications made in connection with or in contemplation of legal proceedings and for the purposes of those proceedings,
are in legal proceedings protected from disclosure on the ground of confidentiality.
2
For the purpose of exercising any powers conferred on them under this Part of this Schedule a constable may, if necessary, open lockfast places on premises which they are entitled to enter in pursuance of an order under paragraph 19 or 20, a warrant under paragraph 25 or an order under paragraph 27.
3
A search of a person under this Part of this Schedule may only be carried out by a person of the same sex.
Sch. 2 applied (20.12.2023) by 1989 c. 6, s. 11(3) (as substituted by National Security Act 2023 (c. 32), s. 100(1), Sch. 18 para. 6(3)(a) (with s. 97); S.I. 2023/1272, reg. 2(f))