137 Cross-border powers of arrest etc

137  Cross-border powers of arrest etc

(1)     If the [condition 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.

(2)     If the condition applicable to this subsection is satisfied, any constable of a police force in Scotland who has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence has been committed or attempted in Scotland and that the suspected person is in England or Wales or in Northern Ireland may, as respects the suspected person, wherever he is in England or Wales or in Northern Ireland, exercise the same powers of arrest . . . as it would be competent for him to exercise were the person in Scotland.

[(2A)     The powers conferred by subsections (1) and (2) may be exercised in England and Wales and Scotland by a constable appointed under [section 24 of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003] [or under section 55 of the Energy Act 2004].]

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