The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Application to Labour Abuse Prevention Officers) Regulations 2017

Specific modifications

11.  Section 1 (power of constable to stop and search persons, vehicles etc.) is to be read as if—

(a) in the heading, the words “, vehicles etc” were omitted;

(b) for subsection (1), there were substituted—

“(1) A constable may exercise any power conferred by this section on any premises which is being searched by a labour abuse prevention officer in reliance on a warrant under section 8 or paragraph 12 of Schedule 1.”;

(c) in subsection (2)—

(i) the words “to (5)” were omitted;

(ii) in paragraph (a)—

(aa) in sub-paragraph (i), for the words “or vehicle” there were substituted “found on the premises”;

(bb) sub-paragraph (ii) were omitted;

(cc) for the words “stolen or prohibited articles” to “below applies” there were substituted “material which might be evidence in relation to a labour market offence”;

(iii) in paragraph (b), the words “or vehicle” were omitted;

(d) in subsection (3)—

(i) the words “or vehicle or anything in or on a vehicle” were omitted; and

(ii) for the words “he will find stolen” to the end there were substituted “the person to be searched has concealed on him material which might be evidence in relation to a labour market offence.”;

(e) after subsection (3), there were inserted—

“(3A) This section only gives a labour abuse prevention officer a power to search to the extent that is reasonably required for the purpose of discovering any such material.”; and

(f) in subsection (6)—

(i) for the words “an article” there were substituted “material, other than an item subject to legal privilege,”;

(ii) for the words from “a stolen” to “below applies” there were substituted “evidence of a labour market offence or to have been obtained in consequence of a labour market offence”;

(iii) at the end, there were inserted “if it is necessary to do so in order to prevent it being concealed, lost, altered or destroyed”.