Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

47 (1) The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In section 137 (cross-border powers of arrest etc.)—

(a) in subsection (1), for “conditions applicable to this subsection are” substitute “ condition applicable to this subsection is ”,

(b) for subsection (4) substitute—

“(4) The condition applicable to subsection (1) above is that it appears to the constable that it would have been lawful for him to have exercised the powers had the suspected person been in England and Wales.”,

(c) in subsection (9), for the definition of “ “arrestable offence” and “designated police station”” substitute—

““arrestable offence” has the same meaning as in the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (“the 1989 Order”);

“designated police station” has the same meaning as in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 or, in relation to Northern Ireland, as in the 1989 Order; and”.

(3) In section 138 (provisions supplementing section 137), in subsection (3), for “subsections (4)(b) and (6)(b)” substitute “ subsection (6)(b) ”.

(4) In section 140 (reciprocal powers of arrest), in subsection (1), for “section 24(6) or (7) or 25” substitute “ section 24 ”.

(5) This paragraph extends to the whole of the United Kingdom.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 7 para. 47 in force at 1.1.2006 by S.I. 2005/3495, art. 2(1)(m)