Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16)

Part 3 U.K. Police and Criminal Evidence and the Terrorism Act

Arrestable offences E+W+N.I.

71 Arrestable offences E+W

In section 24(2) of the 1984 Act (list of arrestable offences), after paragraph (g) there shall be inserted—

“(ga) an offence under section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 1985 (c. 44) (kerb-crawling);

(gb) an offence under subsection (4) of section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) (failure to stop and report an accident) in respect of an accident to which that section applies by virtue of subsection (1)(a) of that section (accidents causing personal injury);”.

72 Importation of indecent or obscene material E+W+N.I.

In Part 1 of Schedule 5 to each of the 1984 Act and the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989 1341 (N.I. 12)) (serious arrestable offences), after paragraph 8 there shall be inserted—

“9 An offence under section 170 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2) of being knowingly concerned, in relation to any goods, in any fraudulent evasion or attempt at evasion of a prohibition in force with respect to the goods under section 42 of the Customs Consolidation Act 1876 (c. 36) (prohibition on importing indecent or obscene articles).”