[F1Searching persons for driving licencesU.K.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2 paras. 25CA-25CC and cross-headings inserted (31.7.2017 for specified purposes) by Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), ss. 43(2), 94(1) (with s. 43(5)); S.I. 2017/799, reg. 2
25CB(1)An authorised officer may exercise the powers in this section if the officer has reasonable grounds for believing that a person—U.K.
(a)is in possession of a driving licence, and
(b)is not lawfully resident in the United Kingdom.
(2)The authorised officer may search the person for the driving licence.
(3)The power conferred by sub-paragraph (2) may be exercised—
(a)only if the authorised officer has reasonable grounds for believing that the driving licence may be concealed on the person, and
(b)only to the extent that it is reasonably required for the purpose of discovering the driving licence.
(4)An intimate search may not be carried out under sub-paragraph (2).
(5)In sub-paragraph (4) “intimate search” has the same meaning as in section 28H(11).]