UK Borders Act 2007

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation2007 c. 30
Year2007
(1) The Secretary of State may designate immigration officers for the purposes of section 2.fit and proper for the purpose, andsuitably trained.may be permanent or for a specified period, andmay (in either case) be revoked.may be liable to arrest by a constable under section 24(1) , (2) or (3) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) or Article 26(1) , (2) or (3) of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12) ) ,is the subject of a certificate under section 74B of the Extradition Act 2003, oris subject to a warrant for arrest.may be liable to be detained by a constable under section 14 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 in respect of an offence under section 10(1) of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015, is the subject of a certificate under section 74B of the Extradition Act 2003, oris subject to a warrant for arrest.must arrange for a constable to attend as soon as is reasonably practicable,may search the individual for, and retain, anything that might be used to assist escape or to cause physical injury to the individual or another person,must retain anything found on a search which the immigration officer thinks may be evidence of the commission of an offence, andmust, when the constable arrives, deliver to the constable the individual and anything retained on a search.(3) An individual may not be detained under this section for longer than three hours.(4) A designated immigration officer may use reasonable force for

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