Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

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48(1)In Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (detention), in paragraph 8 (which relates to the rights of a person detained under Schedule 7 to or section 41 of that Act)—U.K.

(a)in sub-paragraph (4), for “serious arrestable offence”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “ serious offence ”,

(b)in sub-paragraph (9), for the words before paragraph (a) substitute “ In this paragraph, references to a “serious offence” are (in relation to England and Wales) to an indictable offence, and (in relation to Northern Ireland) to a serious arrestable offence within the meaning of Article 87 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989; but also include— ”.

(2)This paragraph extends to the whole of the United Kingdom.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 7 para. 48 in force at 1.1.2006 by S.I. 2005/3495, art. 2(1)(m)