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Section 18 General enforcement powersI1I2

Scotland

(1)

An enforcement officer may take such reasonable steps as the officer considers necessary—

(a)

for the purpose of preventing or ending the commission of an offence under this Act (a “Championship offence”), or

(b)

in connection with proceedings, or anticipated proceedings, in respect of a Championship offence.

(2)

Such steps may include seizing, concealing or destroying anything which the officer reasonably believes to be an infringing article (but see sections 19, 20 and 21).

(3)

An “infringing article” is—

(a)

an article used in connection with the commission of a Championship offence, or

(b)

a receptacle used as a container for such an article.

(4)

This section is subject to the restrictions imposed on an enforcement officer by—

(a)

section 19 (restrictions on power to seize infringing article),

(b)

section 20 (restrictions on power to conceal infringing article),

(c)

section 21 (restrictions on power to destroy infringing article),

(d)

section 24 (use of reasonable force),

(e)

section 25 (further restrictions on entering houses), and

(f)

section 27 (requirement to produce evidence of identity and authority).

Annotations

Commencement

I1

S. 18 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 39(2)

I2

S. 18 in force at 20.9.2026 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2026/257, reg. 2, sch.