# Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003, Paragraph 20B


Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he shall be under a duty, when in the course of his employment he is present at a police station—
(a) to keep under control any person detained at the police station and for whom he is for the time being responsible;
(b) to assist any officer or other designated person to keep any other person detained at the police station under control; and
(c) to prevent the escape of any such person as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b),
and for those purposes shall be entitled to use reasonable force.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/6/schedule/2/paragraph/20B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-20B
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