# Food and Environment Protection Act 1985, Paragraph 3


(1) In order to perform functions under Part I or II or this Act an officer may require any person—
(a) to give details of any substances or articles on board a vessel, aircraft, hovercraft or marine structure; and
(b) to give information concerning any substances or articles lost from a vessel, aircraft, hovercraft or marine structure.
(2) In order to perform any such functions an officer—
(a) may require any vessel, aircraft, hovercraft or marine structure to stop; and
(b) may require the attendance—
(i) of the master, captain or commander of a vessel, aircraft or hovercraft;
(ii) of the person in charge of a marine structure; and
(iii) of any other person who is on board a vessel, aircraft, hovercraft or marine structure,
and may require any person on board to assist him in the performance of his functions.
(3) In order to perform functions under Part I or II of this Act an officer—
(a) may require—
(i) the master, captain or commander of a vessel, aircraft or hovercraft; and
(ii) the person in charge of a marine structure,
to take it and its crew to the port which appears to the officer to be the nearest convenient port; or
(b) may take it there himself.
(4) In order to perform any such functions an officer may detain a vessel, aircraft, hovercraft or marine structure.
(5) If an officer detains a vessel, aircraft, hovercraft or marine structure, he shall serve on the master, captain, commander or person in charge a notice in writing stating that it is to be detained until the notice is withdrawn by the service on him of a further notice in writing signed by an officer.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/48/schedule/2/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-and-environment-protection-act-1985/schedule-2/paragraph-3
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.