# Criminal Justice Act 2003, Section 306: Limit on period of detention without charge of suspected terrorists

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

(1) Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) (detention) is amended as follows.
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(4) After that sub-paragraph there is inserted—
“(3A) Where the period specified in a warrant of further detention—
(a) ends at the end of the period of seven days beginning with the relevant time, or
(b) by virtue of a previous extension (or further extension) under this sub-paragraph, ends after the end of that period,
the specified period may, on an application under this paragraph, be extended or further extended to a period ending not later than the end of the period of fourteen days beginning with the relevant time.
(3B) In this paragraph “the relevant time”, in relation to a person, means—
(a) the time of his arrest under section 41, or
(b) if he was being detained under Schedule 7 when he was arrested under section 41, the time when his examination under that Schedule began.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/44/section/306 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/section-306
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