242 Power of members of staff to search pupils for prohibited items: England
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Power to search for prohibited items

242  Power of members of staff to search pupils for prohibited items: England

(1)     After section 550A of the Education Act 1996 (c 56) insert—

“Powers to search pupils
550ZA Power of members of staff to search pupils for prohibited items: England

(1)     This section applies where a member of staff of a school in England—

(a)     has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a pupil at the school may have a prohibited item with him or her or in his or her possessions; and

(b)     falls within section 550ZB(1).

(2)     The member of staff may search the pupil (“P”) or P's possessions for that item.

(3)     For the purposes of this section and section 550ZC each of the following is a “prohibited item”—

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

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

(c)     alcohol, within the meaning of section 191 of the Licensing Act 2003;

(d)     a controlled drug, within the meaning of section 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, which section

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