SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1953 - SECT 74

SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1953 - SECT 74

74—Power to enter licensed premises etc

        (1)         A police officer, when called upon by the holder of a licence under the Liquor Licensing Act 1997 , may—

            (a)         enter the premises to which the licence relates; and

            (b)         without any warrant, apprehend any person whom the officer finds drunk and behaving in a riotous or indecent manner or whom the officer finds fighting, or using threatening, abusive or insulting words, or behaving in a threatening, abusive or insulting manner.

        (2)         The powers conferred by subsection (1) are additional to powers conferred on a police officer by or under any other Act.