Regulation 18 Offences under regulations 16 and 17 - search, entry and arrest
An offence under regulation 16 or 17 shall be treated as—
an offence under Part 3 of the 1971 Act (criminal proceedings) for the purposes of sections 28E (entry and search of premises following arrest), 28G (searching arrested persons) and 28H (searching persons in police custody) M3 of that Act; and
an offence under section 24(1)(b) of the 1971 Act for the purposes of sections 28A(1) (arrest without warrant), 28CA (business premises: entry to arrest) and 28FA (search for personnel records: warrant unnecessary) M4 of that Act.
Annotations
Marginal citations
- M1
Section 28B was inserted by section 129 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and amended by sections 144 and 150 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.
- M2
Section 28D was inserted by section 131 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and amended by sections 144 and 150 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.
- M3
Sections 28E, 28G and 28H were inserted by sections 132, 134 and 135 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 respectively.
- M4
Section 28A was inserted by section 128 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and subsection (1) was amended by section 111 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c.15); sections 28CA and 28FA were inserted by sections 153 and 154 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 respectively and section 28FA was amended by section 28 of the UK Borders Act 2007 (c.30).