Powers in relation to target area
12 Powers in relation to target area
A police officer may cordon off an area that is the target of an authorisation or any part of it.
If an area is cordoned off—
the cordon may include any form of physical barrier, including a roadblock on any road in, or in the vicinity of, the target area;
and
reasonable steps must be taken to ensure that the existence of the cordon is apparent to persons approaching the cordon; and
a police officer must remain near the cordoned off area.
A police officer may—
require a person not to enter, to leave, or to remain in, an area that is the target of an authorisation or an area that is cordoned off;
require a person in charge of a vehicle not to take the vehicle into, to remove the vehicle from, or not to remove the vehicle from, an area that is the target of an authorisation or an area that is cordoned off.
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