SCHEDULES
C1SCHEDULE 8Powers to seize invalid passports etc
Powers of search and seizure etc: ports
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1
An examining officer may exercise any of the powers under this paragraph in the case of a person at a port whom the officer believes to be there in connection with—
a
entering or leaving Great Britain or Northern Ireland, or
b
travelling by air within Great Britain or within Northern Ireland.
2
The powers are—
a
to require the person to hand over all travel documents in his or her possession for inspection by the examining officer;
b
to search for travel documents and to take possession of any that the officer finds;
c
to inspect any travel document taken from the person and to retain it while its validity is checked;
d
(subject to paragraph 4) to retain any travel document taken from the person that the examining officer believes to be invalid.
3
The power under sub-paragraph (2)(b) is a power to search—
a
the person;
b
anything that the person has with him or her;
c
any vehicle in which the examining officer believes the person to have been travelling or to be about to travel.
4
An examining officer—
a
may stop a person or vehicle for the purposes of exercising a power under this paragraph;
b
may if necessary use reasonable force for the purpose of exercising a power under this paragraph;
c
may authorise a person to carry out on the officer's behalf a search under this paragraph.
Sch. 8: power to amend conferred (28.4.2022 for specified purposes, 28.6.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss. 82(1)(2)(m)(3)-(6), 87(1)(4)(i); S.I. 2022/590, regs. 1(2), 2, Sch. 1 para. 29