PART IIPolice Powers
Police detention after charge6
1
Article 39 of the 1989 Order (which requires an arrested person charged with an offence to be released except in specified circumstances) shall be amended as follows.
2
In paragraph (1)(a) after head (i) there shall be inserted the following head—
ia
in the case of a person arrested for an imprisonable offence, the custody officer has reasonable grounds for believing that the detention of the person arrested is necessary to prevent him from committing an offence;
3
After paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
1A
In paragraph (1) “imprisonable offence” means an offence for which a person over the age of 21 years is liable, on first conviction, to a term of imprisonment.