SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Seizure of passports etc from persons suspected of involvement in terrorism
2Powers of search and seizure etc
1
This paragraph applies in the case of a person at a port in Great Britain if a constable has reasonable grounds to suspect that the person—
a
is there with the intention of leaving Great Britain for the purpose of involvement in terrorism-related activity outside the United Kingdom, or
b
has arrived in Great Britain with the intention of leaving it soon for that purpose.
2
This paragraph applies in the case of a person at a port in Northern Ireland, or in the border area, if a constable has reasonable grounds to suspect that the person—
a
is there with the intention of leaving the United Kingdom for the purpose of involvement in terrorism-related activity outside the United Kingdom, or
b
has arrived in Northern Ireland with the intention of leaving the United Kingdom soon for that purpose.
3
The constable may—
a
exercise any of the powers in sub-paragraph (5) in the case of the person, or
b
direct a qualified officer to do so.
4
A qualified officer must (if able to do so) comply with any direction given by a constable under sub-paragraph (3)(b).
5
The powers are—
a
to require the person to hand over all travel documents in his or her possession to the constable or (as the case may be) the qualified officer;
b
to search for travel documents relating to the person and to take possession of any that the constable or officer finds;
c
to inspect any travel document relating to the person;
d
to retain any travel document relating to the person that is lawfully in the possession of the constable or officer.
6
The power in sub-paragraph (5)(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 officer believes the person to have been travelling or to be about to travel.
7
A constable or qualified officer—
b
c
may authorise a person to carry out on the constable’s or officer’s behalf a search under sub-paragraph (5)(b).
8
A constable or qualified officer exercising a power in sub-paragraph (5)(a) or (b) must tell the person that—
a
the person is suspected of intending to leave Great Britain or (as the case may be) the United Kingdom for the purpose of involvement in terrorism-related activity outside the United Kingdom, and
b
the constable or officer is therefore entitled under this Schedule to exercise the power.
9
Where a travel document relating to the person is in the possession of an immigration officer or customs official (whether a qualified officer or not), the constable may direct the officer or official—
a
to pass the document to a constable as soon as practicable, and
b
in the meantime to retain it.
The officer or official must comply with any such direction.