{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1996-repealed/schedule-3/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1996-repealed/schedule-3/paragraph-6.json",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  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1996-repealed",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/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) As soon as possible after a case is referred to an Adviser under paragraph 5, the person detained shall be served with a statement in writing as to the nature of the terrorist activities of which he is suspected.\n(2) A person detained may, within seven days following the date on which he receives any such statement as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), send to the Secretary of State—\n(a) written representations concerning his case; and\n(b) a written request that he be seen personally by an Adviser;\nand the Secretary of State shall send a copy of such representations or request to the Adviser concerned.\n(3) The Secretary of State may pay any reasonable costs or expenses incurred by a person detained in obtaining legal advice or legal assistance in connection with the preparation of any representations he may make concerning his case.",
  "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/6",
    "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."
}