# The Policing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007, Paragraph 2


(1) Paragraph 22 (power to take arrested person to a police station) is amended as follows.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(c)—
(a) in paragraph (ii) after “duty” insert “ to keep that person under control and ”;
(b) in paragraph (iii) at the end add “ and under his control ”.
(3) After sub-paragraph (1)(c) add—
“(d) a person who has taken another person to a police station in exercise of the power conferred by virtue of paragraph (a)—
(i) shall be under a duty to remain at the police station until he has transferred control of the other person to the custody officer at the police station;
(ii) until he has so transferred control of the other person, shall be treated for all purposes as having that person in his lawful custody;
(iii) for so long as he is at the police station or in its immediate vicinity in compliance with, or having complied with, his duty under sub-paragraph (i), shall be under a duty to prevent the escape of the other person and to assist in keeping him under control; and
(iv) shall be entitled to use reasonable force for the purpose of complying with his duty under sub-paragraph (iii).”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2007/912/schedule/3/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/policing-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-2
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