PART 2PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE EXERCISE OF POWERS BY FRENCH OFFICERS IN A CONTROL ZONE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Detention of arrested persons by a constable5

1

Where—

a

an officer belonging to the French Republic has in a Control Zone in the United Kingdom arrested or detained a person in accordance with article 4 (1), and

b

such an officer so requests,

a constable may make arrangements for the person to be taken into temporary custody.

2

A person taken into temporary custody under paragraph (1)—

a

shall be treated for all purposes as being in lawful custody, and

b

may be taken to a police station or such other place as may be appropriate in the circumstances, and shall in that case be treated as being a person in whose case sections 36(7) and (8), 54, 55, 56 and 58 of the 1984 Act5 and, in the case of a child or young person, section 34(2) to (7), (8) and (9) of the Children and Young Persons Act 19336 apply, and

c

must be returned to an officer belonging to the French Republic before the end of the period referred to in article 4(2), to a place where detention can be resumed under that article.

3

Where a person falls to be treated as mentioned in paragraph (2)(b), section 56 of the 1984 Act shall be taken to apply as if he were detained for a serious arrestable offence.