16Extension of statutory search powers in England and Wales and Northern Ireland
(1)Part 2 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) (powers of entry, search and seizure) is to have effect as if references to serious arrestable offences in section 8 of, and Schedule 1 to, that Act included any conduct which—
(a)constitutes an offence under the law of a country outside the United Kingdom, and
(b)would, if it occurred in England and Wales, constitute a serious arrestable offence.
(2)But an application for a warrant or order by virtue of subsection (1) may be made only—
(a)in pursuance of a direction given under section 13, or
(b)if it is an application for a warrant or order under section 8 of, or Schedule 1 to, that Act by a constable for the purposes of an investigation by an international joint investigation team of which he is a member.
(3)Part 3 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/ 1341 (N.I.12)) (powers of entry, search and seizure) is to have effect as if references to serious arrestable offences in Article 10 of, and Schedule 1 to, that Order included any conduct which—
(a)constitutes an offence under the law of a country outside the United Kingdom, and
(b)would, if it occurred in Northern Ireland, constitute a serious arrestable offence.
(4)But an application for a warrant or order by virtue of subsection (3) may be made only—
(a)in pursuance of a direction given under section 13, or
(b)if it is an application for a warrant or order under Article 10 of, or Schedule 1 to, that Order, by a constable for the purposes of an investigation by an international joint investigation team of which he is a member.
(5)In this section, “international joint investigation team” has the meaning given by section 88(7) of the Police Act 1996 (c. 16).