SCHEDULES

C1C2SCHEDULE 8 Detention

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2

Sch. 8 applied (with modifications) (25.7.2006) by Terrorism Act 2006 (c. 11), s. 25(1)(3)(4); S.I. 2006/1936, art. 2

Part III Extension of detention under section 41

Warrants of further detention

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1

A police officer of at least the rank of superintendent may apply to a judicial authority for the issue of a warrant of further detention under this Part.

2

A warrant of further detention—

a

shall authorise the further detention under section 41 of a specified person for a specified period, and

b

shall state the time at which it is issued.

3

The specified period in relation to a person shall end not later than the end of the period of seven days beginning—

a

with the time of his arrest under section 41, or

b

if he was being detained under Schedule 7 when he was arrested under section 41, with the time when his examination under that Schedule began.

4

In this Part “judicial authority” means—

a

in England and Wales, the Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate) or his deputy, or a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) who is designated for the purpose of this Part by the Lord Chancellor,

b

in Scotland, the sheriff, and

c

in Northern Ireland, a county court judge, or a resident magistrate who is designated for the purpose of this Part by the Lord Chancellor.