SCHEDULES
F1SCHEDULE 4AEnforcement powers in relation to ships
PART 3Northern Ireland
Power to stop, board, divert and detain
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1
This paragraph applies if a relevant officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that—
a
an offence under section F224B, 25 or 25A of this Act or section 21 of the 2006 Act is being, or has been, committed on the ship, or
b
the ship is otherwise being used in connection with the commission of an offence under any of those sections.
2
The relevant officer may—
a
stop the ship;
b
board the ship;
c
require the ship to be taken to a port in the United Kingdom and detained there.
3
The relevant officer may require the master of the ship, or any member of its crew, to take such action as is necessary for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(c).
4
A relevant officer must give notice in writing to the master of any ship detained under this paragraph.
5
The notice must state that the ship is to be detained until the notice is withdrawn by the giving of a further notice in writing signed by a relevant officer.
Sch. 4A inserted (31.5.2016) by Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), s. 94(1), Sch. 14 para. 8; S.I. 2016/603, reg. 2(d)