Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/33/section/137
Timestamp: 2018-02-25 13:37:43
Document Index: 526889890

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 14', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 1', 'art. 6', 'art. 1', 'art. 6', 'art. 2', 'art. 2']

s. 137(2) words repealed by S.I. 2018/46 Sch. 1 para. 3(a)
s. 137(7) words repealed by S.I. 2018/46 Sch. 1 para. 3(b)(i)
s. 137(7)(c) repealed by S.I. 2018/46 Sch. 1 para. 3(b)(iii)
s. 137(7)(d) words inserted by S.I. 2018/46 Sch. 1 para. 3(b)(iv)(aa)
s. 137(7)(d) words repealed by S.I. 2018/46 Sch. 1 para. 3(b)(iv)(bb)
s. 137(7)(e) repealed by S.I. 2018/46 Sch. 1 para. 3(b)(vi)
s. 137(8) repealed by S.I. 2018/46 art. 14(4)
s. 137(8)(b)(c) repealed by S.I. 2018/46 Sch. 1 para. 3(d)
137 Cross-border powers of arrest etc.E+W+S+N.I.
(1)If the [F1condition applicable to this subsection is] satisfied, any constable of a police force in England and Wales who has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence has been committed or attempted in England or Wales and that the suspected person is in Scotland or in Northern Ireland may arrest without a warrant the suspected person wherever he is in Scotland or in Northern Ireland.
[F2(2A)The powers conferred by subsections (1) and (2) may be exercised in England and Wales and Scotland by a constable appointed under [F3section 24 of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003].]
(3)If [F4the condition applicable to this subsection is satisfied], any constable of a police force in Northern Ireland who has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence has been committed or attempted in Northern Ireland and that the suspected person is in England or Wales or in Scotland may arrest without a warrant the suspected person wherever he is in England or Wales or in Scotland.
[F5(4)The condition applicable to subsection (1) above is that it appears to the constable that it would have been lawful for him to have exercised the powers had the suspected person been in England and Wales.]
[F6(6)The condition applicable to subsection (3) above is that it appears to the constable that it would have been lawful for him to have exercised the powers had the suspected person been in Northern Ireland.]
[F7(7A)The following provisions apply in relation to an arrest under this section by a constable under subsection (1) or (3)—
(d)the constable may use reasonable force, if necessary, in arresting the person or in exercising the powers conferred by sections 137E and 139.]
(a)[F8arresting a person under subsection (1) or (3) above, may use reasonable force and shall have the powers of search conferred by section 139;]
(b)arresting a person under subsection (2) above shall have the same powers and duties, and the person arrested the same rights, as they would have had if the arrest had been in Scotland [F9, but subject to the modifications in subsections (1A) and (1B) of section 138]; and
(c)detaining a person under subsection (2) above shall act in accordance with the provisions applied by subsection (2) (as modified by [F10subsections (6) to (9)]) of section 138.
[F11[F12“arrestable offence” has the same meaning as in the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (“the 1989 Order”);]
“designated police station” has the same meaning as in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 or, in relation to Northern Ireland, as in the 1989 Order; and ]
F1Words in s. 137(1) substituted (1.1.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 111, 178, Sch. 7 para. 47(2)(a); S.I. 2005/3495, art. 2(1)(m) (subject to art. 2)
F2S. 137(2A) inserted (14.12.2001) by 2001 c. 24, ss. 101, 127(2)(f), Sch. 7 para. 18
F3Words in s. 137(2A) substituted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 17 para. 6(b)
F4Words in s. 137(3) substituted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 17 para. 2(2)
F5S. 137(4) substituted (1.1.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 111, 178, Sch. 7 para. 47(2)(b); S.I. 2005/3495, art. 2(1)(m) (subject to art. 2)
F6S. 137(6) substituted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 17 para. 2(3)
F7S. 137(7A) inserted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 17 para. 8(2)
F8S. 137(8)(a) omitted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes) by virtue of Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 17 para. 8(3)
F9Words in s. 137(8)(b) inserted (15.7.2011) by The Criminal Procedure (Legal Assistance, Detention and Appeals) (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1739), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 1(a) (with art. 6(2))
F10Words in s. 137(8)(c) substituted (15.7.2011) by The Criminal Procedure (Legal Assistance, Detention and Appeals) (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1739), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 1(b) (with art. 6(2))
F11S. 137(9): definitions of "arrestable offence" and "designated police station" substituted (1.1.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 111, 178, Sch. 7 para. 47(2)(c); S.I. 2005/3495, art. 2(1)(m) (subject to art. 2)
F12Definition of "arrestable offence" in s. 137(9) omitted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes) by virtue of Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 17 para. 2(4)
C1S. 137 applied (with modifications) (19.7.2007) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), s. 87(2)-(5)