29(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)[F1Subject to paragraph 36(3A),] 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, F2. . . a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) who is designated for the purpose of this Part [F3by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales after consulting 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 [F4by the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland after consulting the Lord Chancellor] .
[F5(5)The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under sub-paragraph (4)(a).
(6)The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under sub-paragraph (4)(c)—
(a)the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002;
(b)a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act).]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 8 para. 29(3) inserted (20.1.2004) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 306(2); S.I. 2004/81, art. 2(2)(c) (with (3))
F2Words in Sch. 8 para. 29(4)(a) repealed (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 109(1)(3), Sch. 8 para. 391, Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)(bb)
F3Words in Sch. 8 para. 29(4)(a) substituted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 15(1), Sch. 4 para. 290(2)(a); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 paras. 10, 11(x)
F4Words in Sch. 8 para. 29(4)(c) substituted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 15(1), Sch. 4 para. 290(2)(b); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 paras. 10, 11(x)
F5Sch. 8 para. 29(5)(6) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 15(1), Sch. 4 para. 290(2)(c); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 paras. 10, 11(x)