{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-16/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-16/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/20",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/16/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Powers of examination etc",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where a constable is exercising a power of search conferred by this Schedule in relation to any premises.\n(2) The constable may examine anything that is in or on the premises.\n(3) The constable may break open any container or other locked thing, so far as this is reasonably necessary for the purpose of exercising—\n(a) a power of search conferred by this Schedule, or\n(b) a power conferred by this paragraph.\n(4) The constable may require any person in or on the premises to provide such facilities and assistance with respect to matters under that person’s control as the constable considers would facilitate the exercise of—\n(a) a power of search conferred by this Schedule, or\n(b) a power conferred by this paragraph.\n(5) Nothing in this paragraph confers a power to search a person.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 8 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 8 in force at 29.10.2026 by S.I. 2026/960, reg. 5(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/schedule/16/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:35:03.708512+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."
}