C2C3C1PART 2 SEARCH BY POLICE

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2

Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) by 2003 c. 20, s. 31A (as inserted (25.1.2018) by The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/46), art. 2(2)(a)(f), Sch. 2 para. 2 (with art. 6))

C3

Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) by 2004 c. 20, s. 56A (as inserted (25.1.2018) by The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/46), art. 2(2)(a)(f), Sch. 2 para. 3 (with art. 6))

C1

Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) by 1987 c. 4, s. 2D (as inserted (25.1.2018) by The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/46), art. 2(2)(a)(f), Sch. 2 para. 1 (with art. 6))

C2C3C1CHAPTER 1 SEARCH OF PERSON NOT IN POLICE CUSTODY

Miscellaneous and definitions

I169Publication of information by police

1

The Police Service of Scotland must ensure that, as soon as practicable after the end of each reporting year, information is published on how many times during the reporting year a search was carried out by a constable—

a

of a person not in police custody, and

b

otherwise than under the authority of a warrant expressly conferring a power of search.

2

So far as practicable, the information is to disclose (in addition)—

a

how many persons were searched on two or more occasions,

b

the age and gender, and the ethnic and national origin, of the persons searched,

c

the proportion of searches that resulted in—

i

something being seized by a constable,

ii

a case being reported to the procurator fiscal,

d

the number of complaints made to the Police Service of Scotland about the carrying out of searches (or the manner in which they were carried out).

3

In this section, “reporting year” means a yearly period ending on 31 March.