Street Offences Act 1959 (c. 57)

[F1 Schedule E+W Orders Under Section 1(2A): Breach, Amendment etc.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. inserted (1.4.2010) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 17(4), 116(1), Sch. 1; S.I. 2010/507, art. 5(d) (with art. 6)

Part 4 E+W Supplementary

Detention and remand of arrested offender E+W

9 (1) This paragraph applies where the offender is arrested in pursuance of a warrant under this Schedule and cannot be brought immediately before the court before which the warrant directs him to be brought (“the appropriate court”). E+W

(2) The person in whose custody the offender is must, as soon as practicable and in any event before the end of the period of 72 hours beginning with the time of the arrest, bring the offender before—

(a) any youth court, if the offender is under the age of 18, or

(b) any magistrates' court other than a youth court, if the offender is aged 18 or over.

(3) That person may make arrangements for the offender to be detained until brought before the court.

(4) If the offender is under the age of 18 at the time of the arrest, the arrangements made under sub-paragraph (3) must be for the detention of the offender in a place of safety (within the meaning of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933).

(5) A person who is detained in pursuance of arrangements made under sub-paragraph (3) is deemed to be in legal custody.]