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Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984

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[F16DTransit: unscheduled arrivalsE.W.S.

(1)This section applies where—

(a)a person is being transferred between two countries or territories outside the United Kingdom in accordance with international arrangements between those two countries or territories providing for the transfer of persons within section 6A(2)(a) or (4)(a),

(b)the United Kingdom is a party to international arrangements of the kind mentioned in section 6A(1)(a) with at least one of those countries or territories such that the country or territory can make a request under section 6A(1)(b), and

(c)the person makes an unscheduled arrival in [F2the United Kingdom].

(2)A constable may detain a person to whom subsection (1) applies until the expiry of the period of 72 hours beginning with the person's arrival in [F3the United Kingdom] or until a transit order is issued under section 6A in respect of that person, whichever is the sooner.

(3)In this section “constable” means any person who is a constable in any part of [F4the United Kingdom] or who has, under any enactment (including section 6B(4) above), the powers of a constable in any part of [F4the United Kingdom].

(4)A person who is a constable by virtue of subsection (3) has for the purposes of this section all the powers, authority, protection and privileges of a constable in the part of [F5the United Kingdom] in which the person mentioned in subsection (2) is for the time being.]

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