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UK Visas and Immigration guidance for staff about its powers to search people and seize items.
This guidance includes information on:
PACE 1984
PACE Order (application to immigration officers and designated customs officials) 2013
Immigration Act 1971
Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
UK Borders Act 2007
Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001
Published 22 January 2016 Last updated 26 October 2023 +show all updates
Update in Use of Force powers to include Article 6, PACE Order 2013.
Updated reasonable force criteria and included amendments to Section 45 Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016
Updated guidance with additions to reasonable force criteria, amendments to Section 45 Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 and minor style edits.
