Part 1E+WAmendments of Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
7Limits on period of detention without chargeE+W
In section 42(1) of the 1984 Act (conditions to be satisfied before detention without charge may be extended from 24 to 36 hours), for paragraph (b) there is substituted—
“(b)an offence for which he is under arrest is an arrestable offence; and”.