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 * (b) the constable who conducted the search made a record of it,

the person who made the request shall be entitled to a copy.

(9) The period mentioned in subsections (7) and (8) above is the period of 12 months beginning with the date on which the search was made.

(10) The requirements imposed by this section with regard to records of searches of vehicles shall apply also to records of searches of vessels, aircraft and hovercraft.

4.—(1) This section shall have effect in relation to the conduct of road checks by police officers for the purpose of ascertaining whether a vehicle is carrying—
 * (a) a person who has committed an offence other than a road traffic offence or a vehicles excise offence;
 * (b) a person who is a witness to such an offence;
 * (c) a person intending to commit such an offence; or
 * (d) a person who is unlawfully at large.

(2) For the purposes of this section a road check consists of the exercise in a locality of the power conferred by section 159 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 in such a way as to stop during the period for which its exercise in that way in that locality continues all vehicles or vehicles selected by any criterion.

(3) Subject to subsection (5) below, there may only be such a road check if a police officer of the rank of superintendent or above authorises it in writing.

(4) An officer may only authorise a road check under subsection (3) above—
 * (a) for the purpose specified in subsection (1)(a) above, if he has reasonable grounds—
 * (i) for believing that the offence is a serious arrestable offence; and
 * (ii) for suspecting that the person is, or is about to be, in the locality in which vehicles would be stopped if the road check were authorised;
 * (b) for the purpose specified in subsection (1)(b) above, if he has reasonable grounds for believing that the offence is a serious arrestable offence;
 * (c) for the purpose specified in subsection (1)(c) above, if he has reasonable grounds—
 * (i) for believing that the offence would be a serious arrestable offence; and