SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 17Cross-border enforcement: minor and consequential amendments

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

7Other amendments

1

Section 136 (execution of warrants) is amended as follows.

2

After subsection (4) insert—

4A

The following provisions apply in relation to the execution under this section by a constable of a warrant issued in England and Wales or Northern Ireland—

a

where the warrant is executed under subsection (1), the constable has the same powers of entry and search for the purpose of executing the warrant as a constable of a police force in Scotland would have if the warrant had been issued in Scotland;

b

where the warrant is executed under subsection (2)(b) or (3)(a), the constable has the powers of entry and search conferred by section 137E;

c

where the warrant is executed under subsection (1), (2)(b) or (3)(a), the constable has the powers conferred by section 139 in relation to the arrested person;

d

the constable may use reasonable force, if necessary, in arresting the person or in exercising the powers conferred by sections 137E and 139.

3

In subsection (5), omit paragraph (a).