Radiation Protection Act 2007 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Enforcement
40. Power of arrest
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arrest without warrant any person whom he or she has reason to believe to be committing or to have committed an offence under section 6, 7, 12 or 15; and
search the person arrested and seize anything which he or she reasonably considers to be evidence of the commission of the offence.
A woman or girl must not be searched except by a woman.
Where the authorised officer makes an arrest without warrant, he or she must, without unnecessary delay, bring the person arrested before a Magistrate.
The authorised officer must not detain in custody a person arrested without a warrant for a longer period than is reasonable under the circumstances of the case.
The period that a person arrested without a warrant may be detained in custody must not exceed 48 hours, excluding the time for any necessary journey to the Magistrate’s Court.[27