SCHEDULES
F1SCHEDULE 4AEnforcement powers in relation to ships
PART 3Northern Ireland
Protective searches of persons
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1
The relevant officer may search a person found on the ship for anything which the officer has reasonable grounds to believe the person might use to—
a
cause physical injury,
b
cause damage to property, or
c
endanger the safety of any ship.
2
The power conferred by sub-paragraph (1) may be exercised—
a
only if the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that anything of a kind mentioned in that sub-paragraph is concealed on the person; and
b
only to the extent that it is reasonably required for the purpose of discovering any such thing.
3
The relevant officer may seize and retain anything which the officer has reasonable grounds to believe might—
a
cause physical injury,
b
cause damage to property, or
c
endanger the safety of any ship
4
If the person is detained, nothing seized under sub-paragraph (3) may be retained when the person is released from detention.
5
A power conferred by this paragraph to search a person does not authorise a relevant officer to require the person to remove any clothing in public other than an outer coat, jacket or gloves, but it does authorise the search of a person's mouth.
6
A power conferred by this paragraph may be exercised on the ship or elsewhere.
Sch. 4A inserted (31.5.2016) by Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), s. 94(1), Sch. 14 para. 8; S.I. 2016/603, reg. 2(d)