{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999/section-159",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999/section-159.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/33",
  "legislation_title": "Immigration and Asylum Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999",
  "path": "section/159",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "159",
  "heading": "Power of constable to act outside his jurisdiction.",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of taking a person to or from a removal centre under the order of any authority competent to give the order, a constable may act outside the area of his jurisdiction.\n(2) When acting under this section, the constable concerned retains all the powers, authority, protection and privileges of his office.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 159 substituted (10.2.2003) by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41), ss. 66(2)(3)(j), 162(1) (with s. 159); S.I. 2003/1, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 159 extended (2.7.2018) by The Short-term Holding Facility Rules 2018 (S.I. 2018/409), rules 1, 57(d) (with rule 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/33/section/159",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:34.566084+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."
}