7CPower of detention to enable notice to be given

#### 7C Power of detention to enable notice to be given 7C Power of detention to enable notice to be given > > (1) A police officer may exercise a power of detention under this section only if— > > > > > (a) there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a person is a registrable person and that the person has not been given notice, or is otherwise unaware, of the person’s reporting obligations, and > > > > > (b) all other reasonably appropriate means of determining whether the person is a registrable person, or of notifying the person of reporting obligations, as the case requires, have been taken. > > > (2) A police officer may detain the person if it is reasonably necessary to do so— > > > > > (a) to enable a determination as to whether or not the person is a registrable person or, if the person is a registrable person, as to whether or not the person has been given notice, or is aware, of the person’s reporting obligations, or > > > > > (b) to enable the person to be given notice of those obligations if the person is not aware of them. > > > (3) In detaining the person, the police officer must tell the person— > > > > > (a) why the person is being detained, and > > > > > (b) that the detention is authorised under this Act, and > > > > > (c) that the person will be released immediately after the purpose of the detention is fulfilled. > > > (4) The detained person— > > > > > (a) must not be held for a period that is longer than is reasonably necessary to enable the purpose of the detention to be fulfilled, and > > > > > (b) must not be held merely because the person has refused to sign an acknowledgement that the person has been given notice of the person’s reporting obligations, and > > > > > (c) must be released immediately after the purpose of the detention is fulfilled. > > **s 7C:** Ins 2004 No 85, Sch 1 \[21\].