{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-and-security-northern-ireland-act-2007/section-33",
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  "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/33",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Exercise of powers",
  "text": "(1) This section applies for the purposes of sections 21 to 30.\n(2) A power conferred on a person—\n(a) is additional to powers which he has at common law or by virtue of any other enactment, and\n(b) shall not be taken to affect those powers or Her Majesty's prerogative.\n(3) A constable or member of Her Majesty's forces may if necessary use reasonable force for the purpose of exercising a power conferred on him.\n(4) Where anything is seized it may (unless the contrary intention appears) be retained for so long as is necessary in all the circumstances.\n(5) A power to search premises conferred by virtue of this Act shall be taken to include power to search a container.\n(6) A member of Her Majesty's forces exercising a power when he is not in uniform shall, if requested to do so by a person at or about the time of exercising the power, produce to that person documentary evidence that he is a member of Her Majesty's forces.",
  "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/33",
    "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."
}