The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Application to immigration officers and designated customs officials in England and Wales) Order 2013

Use of reasonable force

6.  Where any provision of the Act as applied by article 3—

(a) confers a power on an immigration officer, and

(b) does not provide that the power may only be exercised with the consent of some person other than the immigration officer upon whom the power is conferred,

the immigration officer may use reasonable force, if necessary, in the exercise of the power.