Schedules

Schedule 2U.K.Electronic devices etc

Prospective

Power to search vehicles and containersU.K.

4(1)An immigration officer may search a vehicle or container listed in sub-paragraph (2) for any relevant article, if the officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that a relevant article that is or has been in the possession of a relevant person is in the vehicle.

(2)The vehicles and containers referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are—

(a)a vehicle or container in which the relevant person was when encountered by an immigration officer or constable;

(b)a vehicle or container which an immigration officer has reasonable grounds to suspect the relevant person was in at the time of their arrival in the United Kingdom;

(c)a ship or container which an immigration officer has reasonable grounds to suspect the relevant person was in at any time during a journey which ended with their arrival in the United Kingdom.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 2 para. 4 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 68(1)