Part 1: Proceeds of crime Assault and obstruction offences Section 25: Obstruction offence in relation to immigration officers
Section 25 inserts new section 453C into POCA, providing an offence for resisting or wilfully obstructing immigration officers exercising a relevant POCA search and seizure power. The "relevant powers" are listed in sub-section (3). There is already an offence for assaulting an immigration officer in the course of their duties in section 22 of the UK Borders Act 2007.