SCHEDULES
C1SCHEDULE 3Court security
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Surrender and seizure of articles
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1
If a court security officer acting in the execution of his duty reasonably believes that an article in the possession of a person who is in, or seeking to enter, a relevant building ought to be surrendered on any of the grounds given in sub-paragraph (3), he may ask the person to surrender the article.
2
If the person refuses to surrender the article, the officer may seize it.
3
The grounds are that the article—
a
may jeopardise the maintenance of order in the building,
b
may put the safety of any person in the building at risk, or
c
may be evidence of, or in relation to, an offence.
Sch. 3: functions transferred (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), 15(1), Sch. 17 para. 20 (with arts. 28-31)