Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 17 Cross-border enforcement: minor and consequential amendments

Part 1 Amendments of Part 10 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

Powers of constables of PSNI etc under section 137

2 (1) Section 137 (cross-border powers of arrest etc.) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (3), for “the conditions applicable to this subsection are satisfied” substitute “the condition applicable to this subsection is satisfied”.

(3) For subsection (6) substitute—

“(6) The condition applicable to subsection (3) above is that it appears to the constable that it would have been lawful for him to have exercised the powers had the suspected person been in Northern Ireland.”

(4) In subsection (9), omit the definition of “arrestable offence”.