In force2017 Revised EditionCurrent version · 2017 Revised EditionSee versions on Attorney General's Chambers(opens the publisher’s site)
Protected Areas and Protected Places Act · 2017 Revised Edition
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person who attempts to enter or who is in a protected area or a protected place and who fails to stop after being challenged three times by an authorised officer to do so may be arrested by force, which force may, if necessary to effect the arrest, extend to the voluntary causing of death.
protected area
“protected area” means any area declared to be a protected area under section 4;
authorised officer
“authorised officer” means — (a) any police officer; (b) any person holding a commission in any armed force or in any visiting force; (c) any member of any armed force or of any visiting force performing the duties of a guard or sentry in any protected area or protected place in accordance with orders issued by a person holding a commission in any armed force or visiting force; (d) any person performing the duties of a guard or watchman in a protected area or a protected place and specially authorised in that behalf under section 3; or (e) any member of the Gurkha Reserve Unit;
protected area
“protected area” means any area declared to be a protected area under section 4;
protected place
“protected place” means any place or premises declared to be a protected place under section 5;