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.