140 Reciprocal powers of arrest
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (1994 c 33) | Legislation

140  Reciprocal powers of arrest

(1)     Where a constable of a police force in England and Wales would, in relation to an offence, have power to arrest a person in England or Wales under [section 24] of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 [(arrest without warrant)] a constable of a police force in Scotland or in Northern Ireland shall have the like power of arrest in England and Wales.

(2)     Where a constable of a police force in Scotland or in Northern Ireland arrests a person in England or Wales by virtue of subsection (1) above—

(a)     the constable shall be subject to requirements to inform the arrested person that he is under arrest and of the grounds for it corresponding to the requirements imposed by section 28 of that Act;

(b)     the constable shall be subject to a requirement to take the arrested person to a police station corresponding to

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