{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014/schedule-8/paragraph-3A",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/12",
  "legislation_title": "Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/3A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A constable may exercise any of the powers under this paragraph in relation to any premises, other than premises forming part of a port, if the constable reasonably believes that a cancelled UK passport or an invalid non-UK travel document is on the premises (whether or not in the possession of a person who is also on the premises).\n(2) The powers are—\n(a) to enter the premises;\n(b) to search the premises for travel documents and to take possession of any that the constable finds;\n(c) to inspect any travel document taken and to retain it while its validity is checked;\n(d) (subject to paragraph 4) to retain any travel document taken that the constable reasonably believes to be invalid.\n(3) A constable—\n(a) may if necessary use reasonable force for the purpose of exercising a power under this paragraph;\n(b) may authorise a person to carry out on the constable’s behalf a search under this paragraph.\n(4) This paragraph does not affect any power of a constable under paragraph 3(3), (4)(a) to (c) or (5) in relation to a person on any premises entered under sub-paragraph (2)(a).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 3A and crossheading inserted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), ss. 163(7), 183(1)(5)(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/12/schedule/8/paragraph/3A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:27:00.543848+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."
}