# Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, Section 26: Repeal of statutory powers of arrest without warrant or order.


(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, so much of any Act (including a local Act) passed before this Act as enables a constable—
(a) to arrest a person for an offence without a warrant; or
(b) to arrest a person otherwise than for an offence without a warrant or an order of a court,
shall cease to have effect.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) above affects the enactments specified in Schedule 2 to this Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/60/section/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984/section-26
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