Power to stop and search vehicles etc in authorised areasN.I.
[F116(1)A CSO shall, in any authorised area, have all the powers of a constable in uniform by virtue of [F2section 47A(2)(a) and (d), (3)(b) and (6) ] of the Terrorism Act 2000 (powers of stop and search)—
(a)to stop and search vehicles;
(b)to search anything in or on a vehicle or anything carried by the driver of a vehicle or any passenger in a vehicle;
(c)to search anything carried by a pedestrian; and
(d)to seize and retain [F3anything which is ] discovered in the course of a search carried out by him or by a constable by virtue of any provision of [F4section 47A(2) or (3) of that Act and which he reasonably suspects may constitute evidence that the vehicle concerned is being used for the purposes of terrorism or (as the case may be) that the person concerned is a person falling within section 40(1)(b) of that Act] .
(2)References to a constable in [F5subsections (4) and (5) of section 47A of, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 6B to, ] that Act (which relate to the exercise of those powers) shall have effect in relation to the exercise of any of those powers by a CSO as references to a CSO.
(3)A CSO shall not exercise any power of stop, search or seizure by virtue of this paragraph except in the company, and under the supervision, of a constable.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2A inserted (22.4.2007 for the insertion of Sch. 2A paras. 2, 6, 7, 10, 13, 15, 18) by The Policing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/912 (N.I. 6)), arts. 1(3), 7(8), Sch. 5
F2Words in Sch. 2A para. 16(1) substituted (10.7.2012) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 31(a)(i) (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/1205, art. 4(k)
F3Words in Sch. 2A para. 16(d) substituted (10.7.2012) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 31(a)(ii) (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/1205, art. 4(k)
F4Words in Sch. 2A para. 16(d) substituted (10.7.2012) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 31(a)(iii) (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/1205, art. 4(k)
F5Words in Sch. 2A para. 16(2) substituted (10.7.2012) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 31(b) (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/1205, art. 4(k)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 2A para. 16 modified (18.3.2011) by Terrorism Act 2000 (Remedial) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/631), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 6 (with art. 6)