Part 4Shipping: Alcohol and Drugs

Enforcement

I185Arrest without warrant

1

A constable may arrest a person without a warrant if the constable reasonably suspects that the person—

a

is committing an offence under section 78(2), 79(2) or 80(2), or

b

has committed one of those offences and is still under the influence of drink or drugs.

2

But a person may not be arrested under this section while he is at a hospital as a patient.

3

In subsection (2) “hospital” means an institution which—

a

provides medical or surgical treatment for in-patients or out-patients, and

b

is not on a ship.

4

Arrest under this section shall be treated as arrest for an offence for the purposes of—

a

Part IV of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) (detention), and

b

Part V of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12)) (detention).