33—Power to search premises and vehicles
(1) A police officer
may search—
(a)
premises specified in a public safety order; or
(b)
premises in which an event specified in a public safety order is being held;
or
(c)
premises situated within an area specified in a public safety order,
if the officer suspects on reasonable grounds that a person to whom the public
safety order relates is within the premises.
(2) A police officer
may stop and search a vehicle, and anything in the vehicle, if the officer
suspects on reasonable grounds that—
(a) a
person within the vehicle is a person to whom a public safety order relates;
and
(b) the
vehicle is approaching, is in, or has recently left, any premises, event or
area specified in the public safety order.
(3) A police officer
may detain a vehicle for so long as is reasonably necessary to conduct a
search under this section.
(4) A police officer
may detain a person who is in a vehicle stopped under this section for as long
as is reasonably necessary to conduct a search under this section (and that
action does not, by itself, constitute an arrest of the person).
(5) A person must not,
without reasonable excuse, fail or refuse to comply with a requirement made by
a police officer for the purposes of this section.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.