Clause 59 - jurisdiction of constabulary
Energy Bill [Lords]
3:30 pm
Mr Robert Key (Salisbury, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 58, in
clause 59, page 48, line 25, at end insert—
'(5A) Where a member of the Constabulary has been requested by a constable of—
(a) a police force for a police area in Great Britain;
(b) the Police Service of Northern Ireland;
(c) the Ministry of Defence Police; or
(d) the British Transport Police Force,
(''the requesting force'') to assist him in the execution of his duties in relation to a particular incident, investigation or operation, members of the Constabulary have for the purposes of that incident, investigation or operation the same powers and privileges as constables of the requesting force.
(5B) Members of the Constabulary have in any police area the same powers and privileges as constables of the police force for that police area—
(a) in relation to persons whom they suspect on reasonable grounds of having committed, being in the course of committing or being about to commit an offence, or
(b) if they believe on reasonable grounds that they need those powers and privileges in order to save life or to prevent or minimise personal injury.
(5C) But members of the Constabulary have powers and privileges by virtue of subsection (5B) only if—
(a) they are in uniform or have with them documentary evidence that they are members of the Constabulary, and
(b) they believe on reasonable grounds that a power of a constable which they would not have apart from that subsection ought to be exercised and that, if it cannot be exercised until they secure the attendance of or a request under subsection (5A) by a constable who has it, the purpose for which they believe it ought to be exercised will be frustrated or seriously prejudiced.'.