{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-prison-amendment-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-prison-amendment-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2004/0110491300",
  "legislation_title": "The Prison (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-prison-amendment-northern-ireland-order-2004",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Detention in the custody of a constable where admission to prison not practicable",
  "text": "After section 15 of the Prison Act there shall be inserted—\n“Detention in the custody of a constable where admission to prison not practicable\n15A Where—\n(a) a person is in the custody of a constable;\n(b) it is the duty of the constable to take that person to a prison in which his detention is authorised by law; and\n(c) it is for any reason not practicable to secure the admission of that person to that prison,\nthat person may lawfully be detained in the custody of a constable until such time as he can be admitted to that prison or is required to appear before a court.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/0110491300/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:24:08.170888+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."
}