Legislation – Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022
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- Pt. 2 Ch. 3A inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 28
- s. 44F inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 29
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- Pt. 2 Ch. 3A inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 28
- s. 44F inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 29
PART 10Management of offenders
CHAPTER 4Management of terrorist offenders
185Power to search terrorist offenders released on licence
“43CPower to search terrorist offenders released on licence
(1)
A constable may stop and search a terrorist offender who is within subsection (2) if the constable is satisfied that it is necessary to do so for purposes connected with protecting members of the public from a risk of terrorism.
(2)
A terrorist offender is within this subsection if—
(a)
the offender has been released on licence (and not recalled), and
(b)
the offender’s licence includes a search condition.
(3)
The power in subsection (1) may be exercised in any place to which the constable lawfully has access (whether or not it is a place to which the public has access).
(4)
Subsection (5) applies if a constable, in exercising the power in subsection (1) to stop a terrorist offender, stops a vehicle (see section 116(2)).
(5)
The constable may search the vehicle and anything in or on it for purposes connected with protecting members of the public from a risk of terrorism.
(6)
Nothing in subsection (5) confers a power to search any person, but the power to search in that subsection is in addition to the power in subsection (1) to search a terrorist offender.
(7)
The power in subsection (1) to search a terrorist offender includes power to search anything carried by the offender.
(8)
Subsection (5) of section 43B applies for the purposes of this section as it applies for the purposes of that section.
(9)
In this section—
“search condition” means a condition requiring the offender to submit to a search of their person under this section;
“terrorist offender” has the same meaning as in section 43B.
(10)
A person who has the powers of a constable in one part of the United Kingdom may exercise a power under this section in any part of the United Kingdom.”