Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3)

Part 4 U.K. Police powers

CHAPTER 5 E+W+S Maritime enforcement: English and Welsh offences

The maritime enforcement powers E+W+S

90 Power of arrest and seizure E+W+S

(1) This section applies if a law enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence under the law of England and Wales has been, or is being, committed on a ship in relation to which the powers conferred by this section are exercisable by virtue of section 84 or 86.

(2) The law enforcement officer may arrest without warrant anyone whom the officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be guilty of the offence.

(3) The law enforcement officer may seize and retain anything found on the ship which appears to the officer to be evidence of the offence, other than anything that the officer has reasonable grounds to believe to be an item subject to legal privilege.

(4) The power of a law enforcement officer under subsection (2) or (3) may be exercised on the ship or elsewhere.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 90 in force for specified purposes at Royal Assent, see s. 183

I2 S. 90 in force at 1.3.2018 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2018/227, reg. 2(d)