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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1987-repealed-2781991/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1987-repealed-2781991/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/30",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1987 (repealed 27.8.1991)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1987-repealed-2781991",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part II.",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“scheduled offence” and “terrorism” have the same meaning as in the 1978 Act; and\n“the terrorism provisions” means—\n(a) section 12 of the Prevention of Terrorism (Emergency Provisions) Act 1984 (powers of arrest and detention); and\n(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).\n(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.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1984 c. 8."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/30/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:52:34.230802+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."
}