Paragraph 1 I1C1
United Kingdom
The Secretary of State shall designate places at which persons may be detained under Schedule 7 or section 41 F1or 43B.
In this Schedule a reference to a police station includes a reference to any place which the Secretary of State has designated under sub-paragraph (1) as a place where a person may be detained under section 41 F2or 43B.
Where a person is detained under Schedule 7, he may be taken in the custody of an examining officer or of a person acting under an examining officer’s authority to and from any place where his attendance is required for the purpose of—
his examination under that Schedule,
establishing his nationality or citizenship, or
making arrangements for his admission to a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.
A constable who arrests a person under section 41 F3or 43B shall take him as soon as is reasonably practicable to the police station which the constable considers the most appropriate.
In this F4Schedule “examining officer” has the meaning given in Schedule 7.
Where a person is arrested in one Part of the United Kingdom and all or part of his detention takes place in another Part, the provisions of this Schedule which apply to detention in a particular Part of the United Kingdom apply in relation to him while he is detained in that Part.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Sch. 8 para. 1(1) inserted (28.6.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 184(2)(c), 208(5)(w)
- F2
Words in Sch. 8 para. 1(2) inserted (28.6.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 184(2)(c), 208(5)(w)
- F3
Words in Sch. 8 para. 1(4) inserted (28.6.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 184(2)(c), 208(5)(w)
- F4
Word in Sch. 8 para. 1(5) substituted (31.7.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), s. 185(1), Sch. 9 para. 5(2) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/1916, art. 3(b)
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 8 para. 1 applied with modifications (N.I.) (1.3.2015) by The Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (Designated Places of Detention: Lay Visitors) Order 2015 (S.R. 2015/29), arts. 1, 2
- C2
Sch. 8 paras. 1(6), 2, 6-9, 16-19 applied (with modifications) (11.3.2005) by Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (c. 2), s. 5(8)
Commencement
- I1
Sch. 8 para. 1 wholly in force at 19.2.2001; Sch. 8 para. 1 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 128; Sch. 8 para. 1(1) in force at 31.10.2000 by S.I. 2000/2944, art. 2(l)(i); Sch. 8 in force at 19.2.2001 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2001/421, art. 2
Notes on Schedule 8
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Sch. 8 shoulder note substituted (28.6.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 184(2)(a), 208(5)(w)
Modifications
- C1
Schs. 7, 8, 14 extended (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2) of the extending S.I.) by The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Juxtaposed Controls) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2818), art. 11(1)(b), Sch. 2 (as amended (31.3.2021) by The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Juxtaposed Controls) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/311), arts. 1(2), 2(7)(b)(ii)(iii))
- C2
Sch. 8 applied (with modifications) (25.7.2006) by Terrorism Act 2006 (c. 11), s. 25(1)(3)(4); S.I. 2006/1936, art. 2
Notes on Part I
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Sch. 8 Pt. 1 heading inserted (28.6.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 184(2)(b), 208(5)(w)