Section 26: Repeal of statutory powers of arrest without warrant or order

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (1984 c. 60)

(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, so much of any Act (including a local Act) passed before this Act as enables a constable—

(a) to arrest a person for an offence without a warrant; or

(b) to arrest a person otherwise than for an offence without a warrant or an order of a court,

shall cease to have effect.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) above affects the enactments specified in Schedule 2 to this Act.

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk as captured on 2026-07-13. Statute is amended over time — check the source below for the version in force. This is a reference, not legal advice.

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s.24A Arrest without warrant: other persons s.27 Fingerprinting of certain offenders

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