{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-260",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-260.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/17",
  "legislation_title": "Sentencing Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020",
  "path": "section/260",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "260",
  "heading": "Detention under section 250 , 252A or 259",
  "text": "(1) Detention under section 250 , 252A or 259 is to be in such place and under such conditions—\n(a) as the Secretary of State may direct, or\n(b) as the Secretary of State may arrange with any person.\n(2) A person detained pursuant to directions or arrangements made by the Secretary of State under this section is deemed to be in legal custody.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 260(1) inserted (30.4.2021) by Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), s. 50(1)(i), Sch. 13 para. 26(17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 260 heading inserted (30.4.2021) by Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), s. 50(1)(i), Sch. 13 para. 26(17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 260 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/section/260",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:00:57.370248+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."
}