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(10) This section and section 1 above apply to vessels, aircraft and hovercraft as they apply to vehicles.

3.—(1) Where a constable has carried out a search in the exercise of any such power as is mentioned in section 2(1) above, other than a search—
 * (a) under section 6 below; or
 * (b) under section 27(2) of the Aviation Security Act 1982,

he shall make a record of it in writing unless it is not practicable to do so.

(2) If—
 * (a) a constable is required by subsection (1) above to make a record of a search; but
 * (b) it is not practicable to make the record on the spot,

he shall make it as soon as practicable after the completion of the search.

(3) The record of a search of a person shall include a note of his name, if the constable knows it, but a constable may not detain a person to find out his name.

(4) If a constable does not know the name of a person whom he has searched, the record of the search shall include a note otherwise describing that person.

(5) The record of a search of a vehicle shall include a note describing the vehicle.

(6) The record of a search of a person or a vehicle—
 * (a) shall state—
 * (i) the object of the search;
 * (ii) the grounds for making it;
 * (iii) the date and time when it was made;
 * (iv) the place where it was made;
 * (v) whether anything, and if so what, was found;
 * (vi) whether any, and if so what, injury to a person or damage to property appears to the constable to have resulted from the search; and
 * (b) shall identify the constable making it.

(7) If a constable who conducted a search of a person made a record of it, the person who was searched shall be entitled to a copy of the record if he asks for one before the end of the period specified in subsection (9) below.

(8) If—
 * (a) the owner of a vehicle which has been searched or the person who was in charge of the vehicle at the time