SCHEDULE 9Additional powers and duties of designated persons
Escort officers
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(1)
Paragraph 34 (power to take an arrested person to a police station) is amended as follows.
(2)
In sub-paragraph (1)(c)—
(a)
in paragraph (ii), after “duty” insert “
to keep the person under control and
”
,
(b)
in paragraph (iii), at the end add “
and under his control
”
.
(3)
“(d)
a person who has taken another person to a police station in exercise of the power conferred by virtue of paragraph (a)—
(i)
shall be under a duty to remain at the police station until he has transferred control of the other person to the custody officer at the police station;
(ii)
until he has so transferred control of the other person, shall be treated for all purposes as having that person in his lawful custody;
(iii)
for so long as he is at the police station or in its immediate vicinity in compliance with, or having complied with, his duty under sub-paragraph (i), shall be under a duty to prevent the escape of the other person and to assist in keeping him under control; and
(iv)
shall be entitled to use reasonable force for the purpose of complying with his duty under sub-paragraph (iii).”