{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2016/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2016/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2016/1",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2016",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Information to be given on authorisation",
  "text": "At the time when authorisation to keep a person in custody is given under section 7, the person must be informed of—\n(a) the reason that the person is being kept in custody, and\n(b) the 12 hour limit arising by virtue of section 9 and the fact that the person may be kept in custody for a further 12 hours under section 11.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 8 in force at 25.1.2018 by S.S.I. 2017/345, art. 3, sch. (with art. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/1/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:41.878642+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."
}