Detention of suspected terroristsU.K.
306Limit on period of detention without charge of suspected terroristsU.K.
(1)Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) (detention) is amended as follows.
(2)At the beginning of paragraph 29(3) (duration of warrants of further detention) there is inserted “ Subject to paragraph 36(3A), ”.
(3)In sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 36 (extension of warrants)—
(a)at the beginning there is inserted “ Subject to sub-paragraph (3A), ”, and
(b)for the words from “beginning” onwards there is substituted “ beginning with the relevant time ”.
(4)After that sub-paragraph there is inserted—
“(3A)Where the period specified in a warrant of further detention—
(a)ends at the end of the period of seven days beginning with the relevant time, or
(b)by virtue of a previous extension (or further extension) under this sub-paragraph, ends after the end of that period,
the specified period may, on an application under this paragraph, be extended or further extended to a period ending not later than the end of the period of fourteen days beginning with the relevant time.
(3B)In this paragraph “the relevant time”, in relation to a person, means—
(a)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, the time when his examination under that Schedule began.”