27 Arrest without warrant
National Security Act 2023 (2023 c 32) | Legislation

27  Arrest without warrant

(1)     A constable may arrest without a warrant anyone who the constable reasonably suspects is, or has been, involved in foreign power threat activity.

(2)     Schedule 6 makes provision about detention under this section.

(3)     Subject to subsections (5) to (8), a person detained under this section must be released (unless detained under any other power) not later than the end of the period of 48 hours beginning with—

(a)     the time of the person's arrest under this section, or

(b)     if the person was being detained under a provision listed in subsection (4) when arrested under this section, with the time when the person was detained under that provision.

(4)     Those provisions are—

(a)     section 24 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;

(b)     Article 26 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (SI 1989/1341

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