Part II

SPORTING EVENTS: CONTROL OF ALCOHOL ETC.

Police powers of enforcement.
21
For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Part of this Act, a constable shall have the power without warrant—
a
to enter a designated sports ground at any time during the period of a designated sporting event;
b
to search a person who he has reasonable grounds to suspect is committing or has committed an offence under this Part of this Act;
c
to stop and search a vehicle where he has reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence under section 19 of this Act is being or has been committed;
d
to arrest a person who he has reasonable grounds to suspect is committing or has committed an offence under this Part of this Act;
e
to seize and detain—
i
with its contents (if any), a controlled container as defined in section 20(8) of this Act; or
ii
with its contents, any other container if he has reasonable grounds to suspect that those contents are or include alcohol ; or
iii
a controlled article or substance as defined in section 20(8) of this Act.
S. 21(e)(iii) and word preceding it inserted (1.8.1997) by 1997 c. 48, s. 62(1), Sch. 1 para. 18(5); S.I. 1997/1712, art. 3, Sch.