Part IV
- (b) ensure that a police officer of at least the rank of superintendent is informed.
(4) An officer who is informed of a designation in accordance with subsection (3)(b)—
- (a) shall confirm the designation or cancel it with effect from such time as he may direct, and
- (b) shall, if he cancels the designation, make a written record of the cancellation and the reason for it.
Duration. 35.—(1) A designation under section 33 has effect, subject to subsections (2) to (5), during the period—
- (a) beginning at the time when it is made, and
- (b) ending with a date or at a time specified in the designation.
(2) The date or time specified under subsection (1)(b) must not occur after the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which the designation is made.
(3) The period during which a designation has effect may be extended in writing from time to time by—
- (a) the person who made it, or
- (b) a person who could have made it (otherwise than by virtue of section 34(2)).
(4) An extension shall specify the additional period during which the designation is to have effect.
(5) A designation shall not have effect after the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which it is made.
Police powers. 36.—(1) A constable in uniform may—
- (a) order a person in a cordoned area to leave it immediately;
- (b) order a person immediately to leave premises which are wholly or partly in or adjacent to a cordoned area;
- (c) order the driver or person in charge of a vehicle in a cordoned area to move it from the area immediately;
- (d) arrange for the removal of a vehicle from a cordoned area;
- (e) arrange for the movement of a vehicle within a cordoned area;
- (f) prohibit or restrict access to a cordoned area by pedestrians or vehicles.
(2) A person commits an offence if he fails to comply with an order, prohibition or restriction imposed by virtue of subsection (1).
(3) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (2) to prove that he had a reasonable excuse for his failure.
(4) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) shall be liable on summary conviction to—
- (a) imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months,
- (b) a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale, or
- (c) both.
