Part I Treatment of Persons Detained under Section 41 [or 43B] or Schedule 7

SCHEDULE 8 Detention

[Sections 41 and 43B] and Schedule 7, para 6

Part I Treatment of Persons Detained under Section 41 [or 43B] or Schedule 7

Place of detention

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(1)     The Secretary of State shall designate places at which persons may be detained under Schedule 7 or section 41 [or 43B].

(2)     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 [or 43B].

(3)     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—

(a)     his examination under that Schedule,

(b)     establishing his nationality or citizenship, or

(c)     making arrangements for his admission to a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.

(4)     A constable who arrests a person under section 41 [or 43B] shall take him as soon as is reasonably practicable to the police station which the constable considers the most appropriate.

(5)     In

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