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November 13, 2001

Part 10 Section 93 of

Part 10 Section 93 of this (PDF) seems to have slipped past the newswatchers. Rock-star shades are definitely no longer de rigeur here in sunnie England - and that includes travelling through British airports, folks.

This subsection confers power on any constable in uniform -
  1. to require any person to remove any item which the constable reasonably believes that person is wearing wholly or mainly for the purposes of concealing his identity;
  2. to seize any item which the constable reasonably believes any person intends to wear wholly or mainly for that purpose.
Beside which, internment (detention up to six months without trial) pales into insignificance. (Oh, did you miss that? It's OK - only applies to foreigners, really...)