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Section 146: Use of force.

Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 · 1999 c. 33View on legislation.gov.uk

Part VII: Power To Arrest, Search and Fingerprint

An immigration officer exercising any power conferred on him by the Immigration Acts may, if necessary, use reasonable force.

A person exercising a power under any of the following may if necessary use reasonable force—

section 28CA, 28FA or 28FB of the 1971 Act (business premises: entry to arrest or search),
paragraph 25CA, 25CB or 25CC of Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act (powers to search for and seize driving licences),
section 141 or 142 of this Act, and
regulations under section 144 of this Act.

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