26 Repeal of statutory powers of arrest without warrant or order.E+W
(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, so much of any Act (including a local Act) passed before this Act as enables a constable—
(a)to arrest a person for an offence without a warrant; or
(b)to arrest a person otherwise than for an offence without a warrant or an order of a court,
shall cease to have effect.
(2)Nothing in subsection (1) above affects the enactments specified in Schedule 2 to this Act.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 26 excluded by Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50, SIF 42), s. 25(1)