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Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
sec.410Effect of another arrest on questioning period
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### sec.410 Effect of another arrest on questioning period
If a person is detained for questioning under this part more than once in any period of 24 hours and questioned for a total of more than 4 hours in the 24 hours, a police officer must not continue to question the person, unless the detention period is extended under section 406 .
If a person who has been arrested for a stealing offence and questioned for 3 hours is again arrested within a 24 hour period for a break and enter offence, a police officer can only question the person for 1 hour before being required to apply for an extension of the detention period.
s 410 (prev s 204) amd 2000 No. 22 s 3 sch
renum 2000 No. 22 s 13