PROTECTIVE CUSTODY ACT 2000 - SECT 18
PROTECTIVE CUSTODY ACT 2000 - SECT 18
18 . Review of detention after 8 hours
If 8 hours after a
person is apprehended an authorised officer who is detaining the person
reasonably believes it is still not possible to comply with section 7, the
officer, subject to section 21, must take the person, or arrange for the
person to be taken, before a JP, unless the person is released before that can
be done.