UK Borders Bill
4:30 pm
Richard Thomas: The offence under clause 3 that you are referring to is limited to an officer exercising their powers under the detention provisions in clause 2. Clearly if the officer were injured in a way that could amount to any other criminal offence, such as actual bodily harm or grievous bodily harm, the person could be charged with that and the limits would, of course, be way above the 51 weeks. My understanding is that that offence is limited in its scope and that the concerns that you have would be met by powers already in existence in the criminal justice system.