{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-and-security-northern-ireland-act-2007/section-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-and-security-northern-ireland-act-2007/section-26.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/6",
  "legislation_title": "Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-and-security-northern-ireland-act-2007",
  "path": "section/26",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Premises: vehicles, &c.",
  "text": "(1) A power under section 24 or 25 to search premises shall, in its application to vehicles (by virtue of section 42), be taken to include—\n(a) power to stop a vehicle (other than an aircraft which is airborne), and\n(b) power to take a vehicle or cause it to be taken, where necessary or expedient, to any place for the purpose of carrying out the search.\n(2) A person commits an offence if he fails to stop a vehicle when required to do so by virtue of this section.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) shall be liable on summary conviction to—\n(a) imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months,\n(b) a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or\n(c) both.\n(4) In the application to a place or vehicle of a power to search premises under section 24 or 25—\n(a) a reference to the address of the premises shall be construed as a reference to the location of the place or vehicle together with its registration number (if any), and\n(b) a reference to the occupier of the premises shall be construed as a reference to the occupier of the place or the person in charge of the vehicle.\n(5) Where a search under Schedule 3 is carried out in relation to a vehicle, the person carrying out the search may, if he reasonably believes that it is necessary in order to carry out the search or to prevent it from being frustrated—\n(a) require a person in or on the vehicle to remain with it;\n(b) require a person in or on the vehicle to go to and remain at any place to which the vehicle is taken by virtue of subsection (1)(b);\n(c) use reasonable force to secure compliance with a requirement under paragraph (a) or (b) above.\n(6) Paragraphs 3(2) and (3), 6 and 7 of Schedule 3 shall apply to a requirement imposed under subsection (5) as they apply to a requirement imposed under that Schedule.\n(7) Paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 shall apply in relation to the search of a vehicle which is not habitually stationary only if it is moved for the purpose of the search by virtue of subsection (1)(b); and where that paragraph does apply, the reference to the address of the premises shall be construed as a reference to the location where the vehicle is searched together with its registration number (if any).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/6/section/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:55.493954+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."
}