Review of detention orders
Article 31
1. Member States shall ensure that detention is reviewed at least every six months either on application by the third-country national concerned or ex officio . 2. Member States shall ensure that detention of unaccompanied minors is reviewed ex officio at least every three months, or upon request of the unaccompanied minor concerned or the representative or person appointed pursuant to Article 17(2). 3. Where detention has been ordered or extended by administrative authorities, Member States shall: (a) provide for a judicial review of the lawfulness of detention to be decided on as speedily as possible within a period that is laid down in national law after the beginning of the detention; or (b) grant the third-country national concerned the right to initiate proceedings by means of which the lawfulness of detention shall be subject to judicial review, to be decided on as speedily as possible within a period laid down in national law after the launch of the relevant proceedings. In such cases Member States shall immediately upon detention inform the third-country national concerned about the possibility of initiating such proceedings. Where a third-country national is detained for a period exceeding the maximum detention period of 24 months pursuant to Article 30(4), and that extension exceeds three months, the detention shall be subject to review by a court or tribunal at least every three months.