{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-welfare-act-2006/section-54",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-welfare-act-2006/section-54.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/45",
  "legislation_title": "Animal Welfare Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-welfare-act-2006",
  "path": "section/54",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": "Power to stop and detain vehicles",
  "text": "(1) A constable in uniform or, if accompanied by such a constable, an inspector may stop and detain a vehicle for the purpose of entering and searching it in the exercise of a power conferred—\n(a) by section 19(1), or\n(b) by a warrant under section 19(4) or 23(1).\n(2) A constable in uniform may stop and detain a vehicle for the purpose of entering and searching it in the exercise of a power conferred—\n(a) by section 22(2), or\n(b) by a warrant under section 22(4).\n(3) If accompanied by a constable in uniform, an inspector may stop and detain a vehicle for the purpose of entering it and carrying out an inspection in the exercise of a power conferred—\n(a) by section 26(2), 27(2), 28(2) or 29(2), or\n(b) by a warrant under section 28(4).\n(4) A vehicle may be detained for as long as is reasonably required to permit a search or inspection to be carried out (including the exercise of any related power under this Act) either at the place where the vehicle was first detained or nearby.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 54 in force at 27.3.2007 for W. by S.I. 2007/1030, art. 2(1)(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 54 in force at 6.4.2007 for E. by S.I. 2007/499, art. 2(2)(j)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/45/section/54",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:44.862642+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}