Section 16 Interpretation of Part II.

Northern Ireland

(1)

In this Part—

“scheduled offence” and “terrorism” have the same meaning as in the 1978 Act; and

“the terrorism provisions” means—

(a)

section 12 of the M1Prevention of Terrorism (Emergency Provisions) Act 1984 (powers of arrest and detention); and

(b)

any provision conferring a power of detention and contained in an order under section 13 of that Act (control of entry and procedure for removal).

(2)

A person is held in police custody for the purposes of this Part if he is detained at a police station or is detained elsewhere in the charge of a constable, except that a person who is at a court after being charged with an offence is not held in police custody for the purposes of section 14.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: 1984 c. 8.

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act repealed (27.8.1991) by Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 24, SIF 39:1), ss. 69(1), 70(4), Sch. 8 Pt. I