| Section 1 | Power of arrest |
| Section 2 | Exercise of the power |
| Section 3 | Information to be given on arrest |
| Section 4 | Arrested person to be taken to police station |
| Section 5 | Information to be given at police station |
| Section 6 | Information to be recorded by police |
| Section 7 | Authorisation for keeping in custody |
| Section 8 | Information to be given on authorisation |
| Section 9 | 12 hour limit: general rule |
| Section 10 | 12 hour limit: previous period |
| Section 11 | Authorisation for keeping in custody beyond 12 hour limit |
| Section 12 | Information to be given on authorisation under section 11 |
| Section 13 | Custody review |
| Section 14 | Test for sections 7, 11 and 13 |
| Section 15 | Medical treatment |
| Section 16 and schedule 1 | Release on conditions |
| Section 17 | Conditions ceasing to apply |
| Section 18 | Modification or removal of conditions |
| Section 19 | Review of conditions |
| Section 20 | Information to be given if sexual offence |
| Section 21 | Person to be brought before court |
| Section 22 | Under 18s to be kept in place of safety |
| Section 23 | Notice to parent that under 18 to be brought before court |
| Section 24 | Notice to local authority |
| Section 25 | Liberation by police |
| Section 26 | Release on undertaking |
| Section 27 | Modification of undertaking |
| Section 28 | Rescission of undertaking |
| Section 29 | Expiry of undertaking |
| Section 30 | Review of undertaking |
| Section 31 | Information to be given before interview |
| Section 32 | Right to have solicitor present |
| Section 33 | Consent to interview without solicitor |
| Section 34 | Questioning following arrest |
| Section 35 | Authorisation for post-charge questioning |
| Section 36 | Authorisation: further provision |
| Section 37 | Arrest to facilitate questioning |
| Section 38 | Right to have intimation sent to other person |
| Section 39 | Right to have intimation sent: under 18s |
| Section 40 | Right of under 18s to have access to other person |
| Section 41 | Social work involvement in relation to under 18s |
| Section 43 | Right to have intimation sent to solicitor |
| Section 44 | Right to consultation with solicitor |
| Section 45 | Use of reasonable force |
| Section 46 | Common law power of entry |
| Section 47 | Common law power of search etc. |
| Section 48 | Power of search etc. on arrest |
| Section 49 | Taking drunk persons to designated place |
| Section 50 | Duty not to detain unnecessarily |
| Section 51 | Duty to consider child’s wellbeing |
| Section 52 | Duties in relation to children in custody |
| Section 53 | Duty to inform Principal Reporter |
| Section 54 | Abolition of pre-enactment powers of arrest |
| Section 55 | Abolition of requirement to charge |
| Section 56 and schedule 2 | Consequential modification |
| Section 57 | Code of practice about investigative functions |
| Section 58 | Disapplication in relation to service offences |
| Section 59 | Disapplication in relation to terrorism offences |
| Section 97 | Publication of prosecutorial test |
| Section 109 | Statements by accused |
| Section 110(1) and (2)(b) | Live television links |