# Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003, Paragraph 7


(1) Where a designation applies this paragraph to a person, he has the power to make an arrest at a police station in any case where an arrest—
(a) is required to be made under Article 33 of the 1989 Order (arrest for a further offence of a person already at a police station), or
(b) would be so required if the reference in that Article to a constable included a reference to a person to whom this paragraph applies.
(2) Article 5 of the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/ 1987 (N.I. 20)) (consequences of failure by arrested person to account for objects etc.) applies (without prejudice to the effect of any designation applying paragraph 9) in the case of a person arrested in exercise of the power exercisable by virtue of this paragraph as it applies in the case of a person arrested by a constable.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/6/schedule/2/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-7
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