# The Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) Order 1993, Paragraph 1: Power to assist French authorities

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Where—
(a) an officer belonging to the French Republic has in a control zone in the United Kingdom or in a supplementary control zone in the United Kingdom arrested or detained a person as permitted by Article 10(1) of the international articles and Article 2 of the supplementary articles, and
(b) such an officer so requests,
a constable or an officer commissioned by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise under section 6(3) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (in this Schedule referred to as a “customs officer”) may make arrangements for the person to be taken into temporary custody.
(2) A person taken into temporary custody under sub-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 to 56 and 58 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (in this Schedule referred to as “the 1984 Act”), and in the case of a child or young person section 34(2) to (9) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, apply, and
(c) must be returned, before the end of the period for which he could in the circumstances be detained in the United Kingdom under Article 10 of the international articles or Article 2 of the supplementary articles, to a place where detention under that Article could be resumed.
(3) Where a person falls to be treated as mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(b) section 56 of the 1984 Act shall be taken to apply as if he were detained for an indictable offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1813/schedule/3/part/I/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/channel-tunnel-international-arrangements-order-1993/schedule-3/part-I/paragraph-1
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