Modification of section 18 of the Act (Entry and search after arrest)
8.—(1) Section 18 of the Act (entry and search after arrest)(1)is modified as follows.
(2) For subsection 18 (1) substitute—
“(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, an officer of Revenue and Customs may enter and search any premises occupied or controlled by a person who is under arrest for any relevant indictable offence if he has reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is on the premises evidence, other than items subject to legal privilege, that relates—
(a)to that offence; or
(b)to some other indictable offence which is connected with or similar to that offence .”.
1984 c.60. Section 18 of the Act was amended by section 111 of, and paragraph 43(1) and (5) of Part 3 of Schedule 7 to, the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c.15) and section 12 of, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c.44).