Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7 U.K. Powers of Arrest: supplementary

Part 3 U.K. Amendments relating to references to arrestable offences and serious arrestable offences

Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c. 32) U.K.

51 (1) The Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In section 16 (extension of statutory search powers in England and Wales and Northern Ireland), in subsection (1)—

(a) for “serious arrestable offences” substitute “ indictable offences ”,

(b) in paragraph (b), for “a serious arrestable offence” substitute “ an indictable offence ”.

(3) In section 17 (warrants in England and Wales or Northern Ireland), in subsection (3)—

(a) for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) the conduct constituting the offence which is the subject of the proceedings or investigation would (if it occurred in England and Wales) constitute an indictable offence, or (if it occurred in Northern Ireland) constitute an arrestable offence, and”,

(b) in the definition of “arrestable offence”, omit the words “the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) or (as the case may be)”.

(4) This paragraph extends to the whole of the United Kingdom.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 7 para. 51 in force at 1.1.2006 by S.I. 2005/3495, art. 2(1)(m)