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21(1)Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he shall have the power to make an arrest at any police station in the relevant police area in any case where an arrest—
(a)is required to be made under section 31 of the 1984 Act (arrest for a further offence of a person already at a police station); or
(b)would be so required if the reference in that section to a constable included a reference to a person to whom this paragraph applies.
(2)Section 36 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33) (consequences of failure by arrested person to account for objects etc.) shall apply (without prejudice to the effect of any designation applying paragraph 23) in the case of a person arrested in exercise of the power exercisable by virtue of this paragraph as it applies in the case of a person arrested by a constable.
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