Power to search premises and other areas and vehicles in connection with public safety order
87ZB Power to search premises and other areas and vehicles in connection with public safety order
A police officer may, without a warrant, enter and search any of the following premises or other areas if the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds that a person to whom a public safety order applies is within the premises or area—
premises or other areas specified in the public safety order,
premises or other areas in which a public event specified in the public safety order is being held.
A police officer may, without a warrant, stop and search a vehicle, and anything in or on a vehicle, if the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds that—
a person within the vehicle is a person to whom a public safety order applies, and
the vehicle is approaching, is in, or has recently left, any public event or premises or other area specified in the public safety order.
A police officer may detain a vehicle for so long as is reasonably necessary to conduct a search under this section.
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