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← Public Order and Safety (Special Powers) Act 2018

Public Order and Safety (Special Powers) Act 2018 s 12

s 12 Contents of special authorisation

12.—(1) A special authorisation must —(a) describe the general nature of the serious incident or threatened serious incident to which the authorisation applies; (b) specify the period or periods during which the authorisation has effect; (c) specify which of the special powers may be exercised under the authorisation, but subject to section 15(4); and (d) authorise the exercise of the special powers specified under paragraph (c) in relation to all or any of the following:(i) a particular individual or person named or described in the authorisation (called in this Act a target person of the special authorisation); (ii) a particular vehicle, or a vehicle of a particular kind, described in the authorisation (called in this Act a target vehicle of the special authorisation); (iii) a particular area described in the authorisation (called in this Act a target area of the special authorisation). (2) A special authorisation granted to a police officer may also confer power on the police officer to direct another police officer to exercise the special powers specified in the special authorisation under subsection (1)(c).

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