C4C2C5C3C9PART 1ARREST AND CUSTODY

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4

Pt. 1 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))

C2

Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) by 1994 c. 33, s. 137ZA (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. 1 para. 4 (with art. 5(2)))

C5

Pt. 1 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))

C3

Pt. 1 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))

C4C2C7C5C6C3C8C1C9CHAPTER 2CUSTODY: PERSON NOT OFFICIALLY ACCUSED

Annotations:

Keeping person in custody

I113Custody review

1

A custody review must be carried out—

a

when a person has been held in police custody for a continuous period of 6 hours by virtue of authorisation given under section 7, and

b

again, if authorisation to keep the person in police custody is given under section 11, when the person has been held in custody for a continuous period of 6 hours by virtue of that authorisation.

2

A custody review entails the consideration by a constable of whether the test in section 14 is met.

3

A custody review must be carried out by a constable who—

a

is of the rank of inspector or above, and

b

has not been involved in the investigation in connection with which the person is in police custody.

4

If the constable is not satisfied that the test in section 14 is met, the person may continue to be held in police custody only if—

a

a constable charges the person with an offence, or

b

the person is detained under section 28(1A) of the 1995 Act (which allows for detention in connection with a breach of bail conditions).