{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-international-co-operation-act-2003-exercise-of-functions-order-2005/article-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/425",
  "legislation_title": "The Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Exercise of Functions) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-international-co-operation-act-2003-exercise-of-functions-order-2005",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Extension of statutory search powers",
  "text": "Any function conferred on a constable by virtue of section 16 in relation to a warrant or order under section 8 of, or Schedule 1 to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 may be exercised by a customs officer instead of a constable where—\n(a) the Commissioners have given a direction under section 13, or\n(b) any such function is to be exercised by a customs officer for the purposes of an investigation relating wholly or mainly to a relevant offence by an international joint investigation team of which he is a member.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 60. There is an amendment to section 8 not relevant to this Order. Schedule 1, paragraph 5 has been amended by Schedule 2, paragraph 14 to the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/425/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:09:03.090482+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."
}