{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nationality-immigration-and-asylum-act-2002-juxtaposed-controls-order-2003/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nationality-immigration-and-asylum-act-2002-juxtaposed-controls-order-2003/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2818",
  "legislation_title": "The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Juxtaposed Controls) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nationality-immigration-and-asylum-act-2002-juxtaposed-controls-order-2003",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Powers of arrest and detention by French officers",
  "text": "(1) An officer belonging to the French Republic may arrest and hold for questioning in a Control Zone in the United Kingdom a person who is being examined for the purposes of immigration control.\n(2) The arrested person may be detained for a period of not more than 24 hours and, if there are exceptional circumstances and an immigration officer or a constable is notified of the extension, for a further such period.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 4 comes into force in accordance with art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2818/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:45:47.519155+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."
}