C1Part 4Court security
Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
54Surrender and seizure of articles
1
If a court security officer acting in the execution of his duty reasonably believes that an article in the possession of a person who is in, or seeking to enter, a court building ought to be surrendered on any of the grounds given in subsection (3), he must ask the person to surrender the article.
2
If the person refuses to surrender the article, the officer may seize it.
3
The grounds are that the article—
a
may jeopardise the maintenance of order in the court building (or a part of it),
b
may put the safety of any person in the court building at risk, or
c
may be evidence of, or in relation to, an offence.
Pt. 4 (ss. 51-57): power to apply in part (with modifications) conferred (prosp.) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), ss. 148, 182 (with s. 180)