[43B Terrorist offenders released on licence: arrest without warrant pending recall decision]
Terrorism Act 2000 (2000 c 11) | Legislation

[Offenders released on licence: powers in connection with protecting public from risk of terrorism]

[43B  Terrorist offenders released on licence: arrest without warrant pending recall decision]

[(1)     Subject to subsection (2), a constable may arrest without warrant a terrorist offender who has been released on licence if the constable—

(a)     has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the offender has breached a condition of their licence, and

(b)     reasonably considers that it is necessary, for purposes connected with protecting members of the public from a risk of terrorism, to detain the offender until a recall decision is made.

(2)     A terrorist offender who is detained under this section must (unless recalled or otherwise detained under any other power) be released—

(a)     if a recall decision is made not to revoke the offender's licence (and accordingly the offender is not recalled to prison), as soon as practicable after that decision is made, or

(b)     if a recall

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