Extradition Act 2003

[F1 189C Exercise of the extradition transit powers U.K.

(1) The extradition transit powers include power to use reasonable force when necessary.

(2) An authorised officer may not, when exercising a relevant search power, require a person to remove any clothing other than an outer coat, jacket, headgear or gloves.

(3) Any item seized from a person in the exercise of a relevant search power may be retained while the person is in transit through the United Kingdom.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 189A-189E and cross-heading inserted (1.5.2021) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), ss. 168, 185(1) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2021/532, art. 3