HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS ACT 1981 - SECT 23

HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS ACT 1981 - SECT 23

23—Arrest without warrant

        (1)         An inspector may, without warrant, arrest a person if the inspector reasonably believes—

            (a)         that the person has committed an offence against section 13 or the regulations; and

            (b)         that proceedings against the person by summons would not be effective.

        (2)         If an inspector (other than a police officer who is in uniform) arrests a person under subsection (1), the inspector must—

            (a)         in the case of an inspector who is a police officer—produce, for inspection by the person arrested, written evidence of the fact that the inspector is a police officer; or

            (b)         in any other case—produce the inspector's identity card for inspection by the person arrested.

        (3)         If a person is arrested under subsection (1), an inspector must immediately bring the person, or cause the person to be brought, before a Justice of the Peace or other proper authority to be dealt with in accordance with law.

        (4)         Nothing in this section prevents the arrest of a person in accordance with any other law.