Part III Arrest

26 Repeal of statutory powers of arrest without warrant or order.

(1)

Subject to subsection (2) below, so much of any Act (including a local Act) passed before this Act as enables a constable—

(a)

to arrest a person for an offence without a warrant; or

(b)

to arrest a person otherwise than for an offence without a warrant or an order of a court,

shall cease to have effect.

(2)

Nothing in subsection (1) above affects the enactments specified in Schedule 2 to this Act.