{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/2007/912",
  "legislation_title": "The Policing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-2007",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Paragraph 23 (escort of persons in police detention) is amended as follows.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (2)—\n(a) in paragraph (b) after “duty” insert “ to keep that person under control and ”;\n(b) in paragraph (c) at the end add “ and under his control ”.\n(3) After sub-paragraph (2) insert—\n“(2A) A person who has escorted another person to a police station or other place in accordance with an authorisation under sub-paragraph (1)—\n(a) shall be under a duty to remain at the police station or other place until he has transferred control of the other person to a custody officer or other responsible person;\n(b) until he has so transferred control of the other person, shall be treated for all purposes as having that person in his lawful custody;\n(c) for so long as he is at the police station or other place or in its immediate vicinity in compliance with, or having complied with, his duty under sub-paragraph (a), shall be under a duty to prevent the escape of the other person and to assist in keeping him under control; and\n(d) shall be entitled to use reasonable force for the purpose of complying with his duty under paragraph (c).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2007/912/schedule/3/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:07.529300+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."
}