Section 6: Statutory undertakers etc.

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 · 1984 c. 60View on legislation.gov.uk

Part I: Powers to Stop and Search

A constable employed by statutory undertakers may stop, detain and search any vehicle before it leaves a goods area included in the premises of the statutory undertakers.

Without prejudice to any powers under subsection (1) above, a constable employed by the British Transport Police Authority may stop, detain and search any vehicle before it leaves a goods area which is included in the premises of any successor of the British Railways Board and is used wholly or mainly for the purposes of a relevant undertaking.

In this section "goods area" means any area used wholly or mainly for the storage or handling of goods ; and "successor of the British Railways Board" and "relevant undertaking" have the same meaning as in the Railways Act 1993 (Consequential Modifications) Order 1999.

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