{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/6",
  "legislation_title": "Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where a designation applies this paragraph to a person, the custody officer for a designated police station may—\n(a) transfer a person falling within sub-paragraph (2) to the designated person, or\n(b) permit the transfer of a person falling within sub-paragraph (2) to the designated person.\n(2) A person falls within this sub-paragraph if—\n(a) he is in police detention for an offence;\n(b) the offence is being investigated by the designated person.\n(3) If a person is transferred under sub-paragraph (1) into the custody of the designated person, the designated person—\n(a) must be treated for all purposes as having the person in his lawful custody;\n(b) is under a duty to keep that person under control and to prevent the person’s escape;\n(c) is entitled to use reasonable force to keep the person in his custody and under his control .\n(4) If a person is transferred under sub-paragraph (1) into the custody of the designated person, paragraphs (2) and (3) of Article 40 of the 1989 Order have effect as if—\n(a) references to the transfer of a person in police detention into the custody of a police officer investigating an offence for which that person is in police detention were references to that person’s transfer into the custody of the designated person;\n(b) references to the officer to whom the transfer is made and to the officer investigating the offence were references to the designated person.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 8(3)(b) inserted (22.4.2007) by The Policing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/912 (N.I. 6)), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 8(3)(c) added (22.4.2007) by The Policing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/912 (N.I. 6)), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 4(b)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2010/17",
      "affecting_title": "Crime and Security Act 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2010/17",
      "affecting_title": "Crime and Security Act 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2010/17",
      "affecting_title": "Crime and Security Act 2010"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/6/schedule/2/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:35.196237+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."
}