Terrorism Act 2000 Explanatory Notes

Paragraph 30: Time limit

135.This paragraph makes provision for an application to be made either within the 48-hour period specified in section 41(3) or within six hours of the end of that period. Where an application is made within this six-hour period the judicial authority will dismiss the application, if he thinks it could reasonably have been made before the 48-hour period expired.

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