Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019

Place of detention

25 (1) A detainee may be detained at a place designated under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000 as a place where persons may be detained under Schedule 7 to that Act.

(2) A detainee 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 the detainee’s attendance is required for the purpose of—

(a) the detainee’s examination under Part 1 of this Schedule,

(b) establishing the detainee’s nationality or citizenship, or

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

(3) Where a detainee is arrested in one part of the United Kingdom and all or part of the detainee’s detention takes place in another part, the provisions of this Part of this Schedule which apply to detention in a particular part of the United Kingdom apply in relation to the detainee while detained in that part.

(4) In this Part of this Schedule—

(a) references to a police station include references to any place that is designated as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1);

(b) “detainee” means a person detained under Part 1 of this Schedule.