33 Entry, search and seizureE+W+N.I.
(1)This section applies where the Secretary of State receives from the ICC a request for assistance which appears to him to require the exercise of any of the powers conferred by Part 2 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) or, in Northern Ireland, Part III of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12)) (powers of entry, search and seizure).
(2)The Secretary of State may direct a constable to apply for a warrant or order under the relevant Part, which shall apply in relation to an ICC crime as it applies to [F1[F2(in the case of Part 2 of the 1984 Act)] to an indictable offence [F2or (in the case of Part III of the 1989 Order) to a serious arrestable offence]] .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 33(2) substituted (1.1.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 111, 178(8), Sch. 7 para. 49(2); S.I. 2005/3495, art. 2(1)(m) (subject to art. 2(2))
F2Words in s. 33(2) repealed (N.I.) (1.3.2007) by The Police and Criminal Evidence (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/288 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1, 15, 41, Sch. 1 para. 36(1), Sch. 2