SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 5Powers of entry, search, seizure and retention
Introductory
1
This Schedule confers powers of entry, search, seizure and retention on constables in connection with the imposition of measures on individuals.
2
A power conferred on a constable by virtue of this Schedule—
a
is additional to powers which the constable has at common law or by virtue of any other enactment, and
b
is not to be taken as affecting those powers.
3
A constable may detain an individual for the purpose of carrying out a search of that individual under a power conferred by virtue of this Schedule.
4
A constable may use reasonable force, if necessary, for the purpose of exercising a power conferred on the constable by virtue of this Schedule.