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POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 21
General power to enter to arrest or detain someone or enforce warrant
21 General power to enter to arrest or detain someone or enforce warrant
(1) A police officer may enter a place and stay for a reasonable time on the
place— (a) to arrest a person without warrant; or
(b) to arrest a person
named in a warrant; or
(c) to detain a person named in a forensic procedure
order or a registered corresponding forensic procedure order; or
(d) to
detain a person who may be detained under an order made under section 471 ,
484 , 485 , 488 or 514 ; or
(e) to detain a person under another Act.
Note— See section 635 (Use of force likely to cause damage to enter places)
for relevant safeguards.
(2) If the place contains a dwelling, a police
officer may enter the dwelling without the consent of the occupier to arrest
or detain a person only if the police officer reasonably suspects the person
to be arrested or detained is at the dwelling.
(3) If the place is a vehicle,
a police officer may stop and detain the vehicle and enter it to arrest or
detain the person.
(4) A police officer who enters a place under this section
may search the place for the person.
(5) In this section—
"arrest" , a person named in a warrant, includes apprehend, take into custody,
detain, and remove to another place for examination or treatment.
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