SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Powers to seize invalid passports etc

2Powers of search and seizure etc: ports

1

An examining officer may exercise any of the powers under this paragraph in the case of a person at a port whom the officer believes to be there in connection with—

a

entering or leaving Great Britain or Northern Ireland, or

b

travelling by air within Great Britain or within Northern Ireland.

2

The powers are—

a

to require the person to hand over all travel documents in his or her possession for inspection by the examining officer;

b

to search for travel documents and to take possession of any that the officer finds;

c

to inspect any travel document taken from the person and to retain it while its validity is checked;

d

(subject to paragraph 4) to retain any travel document taken from the person that the examining officer believes to be invalid.

3

The power under sub-paragraph (2)(b) is a power to search—

a

the person;

b

anything that the person has with him or her;

c

any vehicle in which the examining officer believes the person to have been travelling or to be about to travel.

4

An examining officer—

a

may stop a person or vehicle for the purposes of exercising a power under this paragraph;

b

may if necessary use reasonable force for the purpose of exercising a power under this paragraph;

c

may authorise a person to carry out on the officer’s behalf a search under this paragraph.