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POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 21 General power to enter to arrest or detain someone or enforce warrant

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.