Part 13

Miscellaneous

Detention of suspected terrorists

Limit on period of detention without charge of suspected terrorists
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1
Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) (detention) is amended as follows.
2
At the beginning of paragraph 29(3) (duration of warrants of further detention) there is inserted “Subject to paragraph 36(3A),”.
3
In sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 36 (extension of warrants)—
a
at the beginning there is inserted “Subject to sub-paragraph (3A),”, and
b
for the words from “beginning” onwards there is substituted “beginning with the relevant time”.
4
After that sub-paragraph there is inserted—
3A
Where the period specified in a warrant of further detention—
a
ends at the end of the period of seven days beginning with the relevant time, or
b
by virtue of a previous extension (or further extension) under this sub-paragraph, ends after the end of that period,
the specified period may, on an application under this paragraph, be extended or further extended to a period ending not later than the end of the period of fourteen days beginning with the relevant time.
3B
In this paragraph “the relevant time”, in relation to a person, means—
a
the time of his arrest under section 41, or
b
if he was being detained under Schedule 7 when he was arrested under section 41, the time when his examination under that Schedule began.