Part III Extension of Detention under Section 41

Part III Extension of Detention under Section 41

Warrants of further detention

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(1)     [Each of the following—

(a)     in England and Wales, a Crown Prosecutor,

(b)     in Scotland, the Lord Advocate or a procurator fiscal,

(c)     in Northern Ireland, the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland,

(d)     in any part of the United Kingdom, a police officer of at least the rank of superintendent,

may] apply to a judicial authority for the issue of a warrant of further detention under this Part.

(2)     A warrant of further detention—

(a)     shall authorise the further detention under section 41 of a specified person for a specified period, and

(b)     shall state the time at which it is issued.

(3)     [Subject to sub-paragraph (3A) and paragraph 36,] the specified period in relation to a person shall [be] the period of seven days beginning—

(a)     with 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, with the time when his examination under that Schedule began.

[(3A)     A judicial authority may issue a warrant of further detention in relation to a person

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