{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/12",
  "legislation_title": "Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Arrest without warrant",
  "text": "(1) Where a power of arrest is attached to a provision of an injunction under this Part, a constable may arrest the respondent without warrant if he or she has reasonable cause to suspect that the respondent is in breach of the provision.\n(2) A constable who arrests a person under subsection (1) must inform the person who applied for the injunction.\n(3) A person arrested under subsection (1) must, within the period of 24 hours beginning with the time of the arrest, be brought before—\n(a) in the case of a housing injunction—\n(i) a judge of the county court, or\n(ii) if the injunction was granted by the High Court, a judge of the High Court or a judge of the county court;\n(b) in the case of a youth injunction, a justice of the peace.\n(4) In calculating when the period of 24 hours ends, Christmas Day, Good Friday and any Sunday are to be disregarded.\n(5) The judge before whom a person is brought under subsection (3)(a) ... may remand the person if the matter is not disposed of straight away.\n(6) The justice of the peace before whom a person is brought under subsection (3)(b) must remand the person to appear before the youth court that granted the injunction.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 9(1) substituted (26.10.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), s. 255(1), Sch. 1 para. 11(2) (with s. 2(3)); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 9(3)(a)(b) substituted for s. 9(3)(a)-(c) (26.10.2026) by virtue of Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), s. 255(1), Sch. 1 para. 11(3) (with s. 2(3)); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 9(5) omitted (26.10.2026) by virtue of Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), s. 255(1), Sch. 1 para. 11(4) (with s. 2(3)); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 9(6) substituted (26.10.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), s. 255(1), Sch. 1 para. 11(5) (with s. 2(3)); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 9 in force at 23.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/373, art. 4(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/12/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:27:00.543848+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}