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Aviation (Offences) Act 2003

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1Arrest without warrantU.K.

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(3)The following shall be inserted after section 82(3) of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (c. 24) (aviation security: arrest in Scotland without warrant)—

(3A)Where, in Scotland, a constable has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person has committed an offence of contravening a provision of an Order in Council made under section 60 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (Air Navigation Orders) and the offence relates to—

(a)a provision which prohibits specified behaviour by a person in an aircraft towards a member of the crew of the aircraft,

(b)a provision which prohibits a person from being drunk in an aircraft, in so far as the provision applies to passengers, or

(c)a provision which prohibits specified behaviour by a person, being behaviour which is likely to endanger an aircraft, or a person in an aircraft,

the constable may arrest that person without warrant.

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