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CH. 61
Civil Aviation Act 1968
Prevention of theft at aerodromes of British Airports Authority.
1965 c. 16.
(4) Before making an order under subsection (1) of this secti the Minister of Transport shall consult the British Airports Authority; and any such order shall be made by statutory instrument, which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament, and may be varied or revoked by a subsequent order.
(5) In the application of this section to Scotland or Wales, for any reference to the Minister of Transport there shall be sub- stituted a reference to the Secretary of State; and for the purposes of this subsection Monmouthshire shall be treated as forming part of Wales.
11. (1) The Board of Trade may by order designate for the purposes of this section any area appearing to the Board to be used wholly or mainly for the storage or handling of cargo in any aerodrome owned or managed by the British Airports Authority.
(2) Any constable appointed under the Airports Authority Act 1965 may-
(a) stop any person who is leaving an area designated for the purposes of this section and inspect any goods carried by that person;
(b) stop and search any vehicle or aircraft which is leaving any such area and inspect the vehicle or aircraft and any goods carried on or in it; and
(c) detain in the area—
(i) any such goods as aforesaid for which there is not produced a document authorising their removal from the area signed by a person authorised in that behalf by the British Airports Authority; and
(ii) any such vehicle or aircraft as aforesaid so long as there are on or in it goods liable to detention under this paragraph.
(3) Nothing in subsection (2) of this section shall be con- strued as conferring a power to search any person.
(4) In any area designated for the purposes of this section the powers of a constable under section 11(2)(b) of the said Act of 1965 (by virtue of which he has power to stop, search and detain any vehicle carrying a person employed by the Authority or employed to work on any of their aerodromes, and to board and search any aircraft, if he has reasonable grounds to suspect that stolen property is to be found in or on the vehicle or aircraft) shall-
(a) extend to any vehicle whether or not it is carrying such
a person as aforesaid; and