Part II
(5) Subsection (3) above shall have effect without prejudice to the operation, in relation to any offence under this Act—
- (a) in England and Wales, of section 2 of the 1967 c. 58.Criminal Law Act 1967 (which confers power to arrest without warrant) or of section 3 of that Act (use of force in making arrest etc.); or
- (b) in Scotland, of any rule of law relating to power to arrest without warrant; or
- (c) in Northern Ireland, of section 2 or 3 of the 1967 c. 18 (N.I.).Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967.
General power to direct measures to be taken for purposes to which Part II applies. 14.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, the Secretary of State may give a direction in writing to any person who is—
- (a) the operator of one or more aircraft registered or operating in the United Kingdom, or
- (b) the manager of an aerodrome in the United Kingdom,
requiring him to take, in respect of aircraft registered or operating in the United Kingdom of which he is the operator or in respect of that aerodrome, as the case may be, such measures for purposes to which this Part of this Act applies as are specified in the direction.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above, the measures to be specified in a direction given under this section to an operator of aircraft, or to the manager of an aerodrome, may include the provision by the operator or manager of persons charged with the duty (at such times as may be specified in the direction)—
- (a) of guarding the aircraft, or
- (b) of guarding the aerodrome, or persons or property (including aircraft) in any part of the aerodrome, against acts of violence.
(3) A direction given under this section may be either of a general or of a specific character, and may require any measures specified in the direction to be taken at such time or within such period as may be so specified.
(4) A direction given under subsection (1) above to an operator of aircraft may be given so as to relate either to all the aircraft registered or operating in the United Kingdom of which at the time when the direction is given or at any subsequent time he is the operator or only to one or more such aircraft, or to a class of such aircraft, specified in the direction.
