The Police and Criminal Evidence (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007

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37.—(1) In section 16 (extension of statutory search powers in England and Wales and Northern Ireland), in subsection (3)—N.I.

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

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

(2) In section 17 (warrants in England and Wales or Northern Ireland)—

(a)in subsection (3)(b) after “(if it occurred in England and Wales” insert “ or Northern Ireland ” and omit “or (if it occurred in Northern Ireland) constitute an arrestable offence”; and

(b)omit the definition of “arrestable offence”.