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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1996-repealed/schedule-3/paragraph-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1996-repealed/schedule-3/paragraph-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/22",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1996-repealed",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may, as respects a person detained under an interim custody order—\n(a) direct his discharge unconditionally; or\n(b) direct his release (whether or not subject to conditions) for a specified period.\n(2) The Secretary of State may, as respects a person detained under a detention order—\n(a) direct his discharge unconditionally; or\n(b) direct his release subject to conditions or for a specified period, or both.\n(3) The Secretary of State may recall to detention a person released under sub-paragraph (1)(b) or (2)(b) and a person so recalled may be detained under the original interim custody or detention order, as the case may be.\n(4) Where a person is released under sub-paragraph (1)(b), any period during which he is not in detention shall be left out of account for the purposes of paragraphs 5(1), 6(2) and 8(3).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/22/schedule/3/paragraph/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:09.613224+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."
}