(1) This section must
be read as one with the Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002
.
(2) In this section, a
term that is not defined in this Act has the meaning given to it by the
Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002 .
(3) If a police
officer reasonably suspects that a person whose personal details are unknown
to the officer —
(a) is
about to enter, is in, or has recently left, a target area;
(b) is a
target person;
(c) is
in the company of a target person in suspicious circumstances; or
(d) is
in a target vehicle,
the officer may
exercise the powers in the Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act
2002 section 16 as if the person were reasonably suspected by the officer to
be able to assist in the investigation of a suspected offence.
(4) The
Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002 section 16, with any
necessary changes, applies to and in respect of the exercise of the powers in
subsection (3) as if the power were conferred by that Act.