Part 13Miscellaneous
Detention of suspected terrorists
306Limit on period of detention without charge of suspected terrorists
(1)
Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) (detention) is amended as follows.
(2)
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(4)
“(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.”