(Temporary Provision) Act of 1969 relating to the duty of the police officer reviewing the detention to consider the need to withhold the right of the detained person to have someone informed of his arrest and to see a solicitor. Terrorism 3U5. In his reply, the representative of the State party said that the maximum period for which a person could be detained without charge in connection with a serious arrestable offence without charge was 36 hours and could be extended to 96 hours by a magistrate’s court. There was no provision in United Kingdom law for an enforceable right to compensation in respect of arrest or detention that was lawful under domestic law but was inconsistent with article 9 of the Covenant. Any request of medical examination by suspects had to be acted on as soon as practicable, except in Northern Ireland terrorist cases, where the custody ofEicer had some discretionary authority, 366. Sections 14 and 15 of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1967 gave detained persons the right to have access to legal advice and to hove someone informed of their arrest. While the special circumstances of a particular case night dictate a temporary delay, both the maximum length of the delay and the circumstances in which the delay could be authoriaed were closely controlled. Such delay was justified in circumstances in which the provision of the information to the person whom the accused or suspected terrorist had asked to be informed might, in particular, lead to interference in the collection of information about terrorist acts, or make it more difficult to prevent an act of terrorism or to secure the apprehension of a pnrson suspected of having committed an act of terrorism. 387. With regard to that issue, members of the Committee wished to know whether the planned review of prison rules and standing orders in Northern Ireland had been completed and, if so, whether any of the changes adopted’in the rest of the United Kingdom had been fncorporated in such rules; whether offenders in Northern Ireland other tha.1 those accused of terrorist-type offences were eligible for parole and, if not, why they were denied benefits that were available in other parts of the United Kingdom: and whether there had been any studies regarding the extent to which the prison system guaranteed the realisation of the aim of reformation and social rehabilitation, stipulated in article 10, paragraph 3, of the Covenant, In addition, further information was requested on the practice of secure accommodations: on the kind of behaviour that caused a child to be sent to such an accommodation and what role the parents had in the decision to commit e child to such an accommodation: on the number of children in secure ar’commodations and the relative proportions of convicted youngsters and others in the various security unite: on the functions and activities of the Parole Board: and on psoposals for further legislation, if any, regarding resort to community-based measures in lieu of prison terms for young adult offenders as well as for improving the operation of the parole system. 308. In his reply, the representative of the State party said that the review of prison rules and standing orders in Northern Ireland was currently in progress and would be the subject of a statutory order. The Criminal Justice bill currently before Parliament contained a major programme of reform and provided a new framework for sentencing in England and Wales based on the -96-