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 * whichever is the earlier;
 * (b) in the case of a person arrested outside England and Wales, shall be—
 * (i) the time at which that person arrives at the first police station to which he is taken in the police area in England or Wales in which the offence for which he was arrested is being investigated; or
 * (ii) the time 24 hours after the time of that person’s entry into England and Wales, whichever is the earlier;
 * (c) in the case of a person who—
 * (i) attends voluntarily at a police station; or
 * (ii) accompanies a constable to a police station without having been arrested,

and is arrested at the police station, the time of his arrest;
 * (d) in any other case, except where subsection (5) below applies, shall be the time at which the person arrested arrives at the first police station to which he is taken after his arrest.

(3) Subsection (2)(a) above applies to a person if—
 * (a) his arrest is sought in one police area in England and Wales;
 * (b) he is arrested in another police area; and
 * (c) he is not questioned in the area in which he is arrested in order to obtain evidence in relation to an offence for which he is arrested;

and in sub-paragraph (i) of that paragraph “the relevant police station” means the first police station to which he is taken in the police area in which his arrest was sought.

(4) Subsection (2) above shall have effect in relation to a person arrested under section 31 above as if every reference in it to his arrest or his being arrested were a reference to his arrest or his being arrested for the offence for which he was originally arrested.

(5) If—
 * (a) a person is in police detention in a police area in England and Wales (“the first area”); and
 * (b) his arrest for an offence is sought in some other police area in England and Wales (“the second area”); and