Section 71 Restriction on powers of arrest by persons other than constablesI1C1C2
United Kingdom
Section 24A of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) (arrest without warrant: other persons) does not permit a person other than a constable to arrest inside a polling station a person who commits or is suspected of committing an offence under section 60 of the 1983 Act (personation).
Annotations
Modifications
- C1
S. 71 applied (with modifications) (16.2.2011) by Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 4 para. 7
- C2
S. 71 applied (26.2.2016) by The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/219), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 8
Commencement
- I1
S. 71 wholly in force at 1.1.2007; s. 71 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 77; s. 71 in force at 1.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3412, art. 3, Sch. 1, (subject to transitional provisions in Schedule 2)