Paragraph 4 I1

United Kingdom

If an enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence mentioned in section 18 or 19 of this Act has been committed on a ship to which that section applies he may—

(a)

arrest without warrant anyone whom he has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be guilty of the offence; and

(b)

seize and detain anything found on the ship which appears to him to be evidence of the offence.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 3 para. 4 wholly in force at 1.7.1991, see s. 32(2) and S.I. 1991/1072, art. 2(b), Sch. Pt. II

Notes on Schedule 3

Modifications

C1: Sch. 3 extended (with modifications) (to Anguilla) (14.7.1994) by S.I. 1994/1635, art. 2, Sch. 1.

Commencement

I1: Schedule 3 wholly in force; Sch. 3 partly in force for certain purposes at 23.4.1991 and wholly in force at 1.7.1991, see s. 32(2) and S.I. 1991/1072, arts. 2(b), 3, Sch. Pt. II