Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1989/1341/article/3
Timestamp: 2019-05-21 05:52:04
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Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'Art. 3', 'art. 2', 'Art. 3', 'Art. 3', 'Art. 3', 'art. 3', 'Art. 3', 'art. 2']

The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, Section 3 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 21 May 2019. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
art. 3 extended by 2003 c. 6 Sch. 2A para. 17(a) (as inserted) by S.I. 2007/912 (N.I.) Sch. 5
Power of constable to stop and search persons, vehicles etc.N.I.
for stolen or prohibited articles [F1, any article to which paragraph (9) applies or any firework to which paragraph (9A) applies]; and
(3) This Article does not give a constable power to search a person or vehicle or anything in or on a vehicle unless he has reasonable grounds for suspecting that he will find stolen or prohibited articles [F2, any article to which paragraph (9) applies or any firework to which paragraph (9A) applies].
(6) If in the course of such a search a constable discovers an article which he has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be a stolen or prohibited article [F3, an article to which paragraph (9) applies or a firework to which paragraph (9A) below applies], he may seize it.
(i)made or adapted for use in the course of or in connection with an offence to which this sub‐paragraph applies; or
(8) The offences to which sub‐paragraph (b) of paragraph (7) applies are—
(c)offences under section 12(2) of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969F4 (taking of vehicles and other conveyances without authority);
[F5(d)fraud (contrary to section 1 of the Fraud Act 2006).]
(e)offences under Article 172 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981F6 (taking of motor vehicle, etc. without owner's consent or authority)[F7;and]
[F7(f)offences under Article 3 of the Criminal Damage (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (NI 4) (destroying or damaging property).]
(9) This paragraph applies to any article in relation to which a person has committed, or is committing or is going to commit an offence under section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988F8 (offence of having article with blade or point in public place).
[F9(9A) This paragraph applies to any firework within the meaning of the Explosives (Fireworks) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (SR 2002 No. 147) which a person possesses in contravention of those Regulations.]
F1Words in art. 3(2) substituted (1.3.2007) by Police and Criminal Evidence (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/288 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(2), 3(2)
F2Words in art. 3(3) substituted (1.3.2007) by Police and Criminal Evidence (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/288 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(2), 3(3)
F3Words in art. 3(6) substituted (1.3.2007) by Police and Criminal Evidence (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/288 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(2), 3(4)
F41969 c. 16 (NI)
F5Art. 3(8)(d) substituted (15.1.2007) by Fraud Act 2006 (c. 35), ss. 14(1), 15(1), Sch. 1 para. 23; S.I. 2006/3200, art. 2
F61981 NI 1
F72004 NI 9
F81988 c. 33
F9Art. 3(9A) inserted (1.3.2007) by Police and Criminal Evidence (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/288 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(2), 3(5)
C1Art. 3 extended (prosp.) by Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 (c. 6), Sch. 2A para. 17(a) (as inserted (prosp.) by Policing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/912 (N.I. 6)), arts. 1(2), 7(8), Sch. 5)
C2Art. 3 applied (with modifications) (18.5.2009) by Police and Criminal Evidence (Application to the Police Ombudsman) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/142), art. 3, Sch. 1, Sch. 2
C3Art. 3(7)(b) modified (15.1.2007) by Fraud Act 2006 (c. 35), ss. 8, 15(1); S.I. 2006/3200, art. 2