Animal Health Act 1981

62 Entry and search under s. 61

(1) For the purpose of arresting a person under the power conferred by section 61 above a constable may enter (if need be, by force) and search any vessel, boat, aircraft or vehicle of any other description in which that person is or in which the constable, with reasonable cause, suspects him to be.

(2) For the purpose of exercising any power to seize an animal or cause an animal to be seized, and—

(a) where that power is conferred on constables by an order made under this Act, and

(b) where that power is expressed to be made for the purpose of preventing the introduction of rabies into Great Britain,

a constable may enter (if need be, by force) and search any vessel, boat, aircraft or vehicle of any other description in which there is, or in which he, with reasonable cause, suspects that there is, an animal to which that power applies.