http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2017/3

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/3/section/117/2017-01-31

Policing and Crime Act 2017

An Act to make provision for collaboration between the emergency services; to make provision about the handling of police complaints and other matters relating to police conduct and to make further provision about the Independent Police Complaints Commission; to make provision for super-complaints about policing; to make provision for the investigation of concerns about policing raised by whistle-blowers; to make provision about police discipline; to make provision about police inspection; to make provision about the powers of police civilian staff and police volunteers; to remove the powers of the police to appoint traffic wardens; to enable provision to be made to alter police ranks; to make provision about the Police Federation; to make provision in connection with the replacement of the Association of Chief Police Officers with the National Police Chiefs' Council; to make provision about the system for bail after arrest but before charge; to make provision about the retention of biometric material; to make provision to enable greater use of modern technology at police stations; to make other amendments to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984; to amend the powers of the police under the Mental Health Act 1983; to extend the powers of the police in relation to maritime enforcement; to make provision for cross-border enforcement; to make provision about the powers of the police to require removal of disguises; to make provision about deputy police and crime commissioners and the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime; to make provision to enable changes to the names of police areas; to make provision about the regulation of firearms and pyrotechnic articles; to make provision about the licensing of alcohol; to make provision about the implementation and enforcement of financial sanctions; to amend the Police Act 1996 to make further provision about police collaboration; to make provision about the powers of the National Crime Agency; to make provision for requiring arrested persons to provide details of nationality; to make provision for requiring defendants in criminal proceedings to provide details of nationality and other information; to make provision about the seizure etc of invalid travel documents; to make provision for pardons for convictions etc for certain abolished offences; to make provision to protect the anonymity of victims of forced marriage; to increase the maximum sentences of imprisonment for certain offences of putting people in fear of violence etc; to make provision to combat the sexual exploitation of children and to protect children and vulnerable adults from harm; to make provision about coroners' duties in respect of deaths in state detention; to make provision about the powers of litter authorities in Scotland; and for connected purposes.

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2024-05-18

2017-01-31

Policing and Crime Act 2017

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The Policing and Crime Act 2017 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

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Part 4Police powers

CHAPTER 8Cross-border enforcement

I1117Cross-border enforcement: powers of entry to effect arrest

In Part 10 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (cross-border enforcement), after section 137D (as inserted by section 116) insert—

137EEntry and search for the purposes of arrest
1
A constable may enter and search any premises—
a
for the purpose of executing in England and Wales under section 136(2)(b) a warrant issued in Northern Ireland;
b
for the purpose of executing in Northern Ireland under section 136(3)(a) a warrant issued in England and Wales;
c
for the purpose of arresting a person in Northern Ireland under section 137(1) in respect of a relevant England and Wales offence;
d
for the purpose of arresting a person in England and Wales under section 137(3) in respect of a relevant Northern Ireland offence;
e
for the purpose of arresting a person in England and Wales under section 137A(1) in respect of a specified offence committed in Northern Ireland;
f
for the purpose of arresting a person in Northern Ireland under section 137A(4) in respect of a specified offence committed in England and Wales.
2
In subsection (1)—
a
“relevant England and Wales offence” means—
i
an offence that is an indictable offence in England and Wales;
ii
an offence mentioned in section 17(1)(c) or (caa) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;
b
“relevant Northern Ireland offence” means—
i
an offence that is an indictable offence in Northern Ireland;
ii
an offence mentioned in Article 19(1)(ba) to (c) of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I.12)).
3
The powers of entry and search conferred by subsection (1)—
a
are exercisable only if the constable has reasonable grounds for believing that the person whom he is seeking is on the premises, and
b
are limited, in relation to premises consisting of two or more separate dwellings, to powers to enter and search—
i
any part of the premises which the occupier of any dwelling comprised in the premises uses in common with the occupier of any other such dwelling, and
ii
any such dwelling in which the constable has reasonable grounds for believing that the person whom he is seeking may be.
4
The power of search conferred by subsection (1) is only a power to search to the extent that is reasonably required for the purpose for which the power of entry is exercised.
5
In this section, “premises” includes any place and, in particular, includes—
a
any vehicle, vessel, aircraft or hovercraft,
b
any offshore installation,
c
any renewable energy installation, and
d
any tent or movable structure.
“Offshore installation” has the meaning given to it by section 44 of the Petroleum Act 1998.
“Renewable energy installation” has the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Energy Act 2004 (see section 104 of that Act).