C4C2C5C3C9PART 1ARREST AND CUSTODY
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)))
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))
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))
Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (25.1.2018) by The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/46), art. 2(2)(a)(f), Sch. 4 (with art. 8)
C4C2C7C5C6C3C8C1C9CHAPTER 3CUSTODY: PERSON OFFICIALLY ACCUSED
Pt. 1 Chs. 1-6 applied (with modifications) (25.1.2018) by The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/46), art. 2(2)(a)(f), Sch. 3 Pt. 3 (with art. 7, Sch. 3 Pts. 5, 6)
Pt. 1 Chs. 1-6 applied (with modifications) (25.1.2018) by The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/46), art. 2(2)(a)(f), Sch. 3 Pt. 2 (with art. 7, Sch. 3 Pts. 5, 6)
Pt. 1 Chs. 1-6 applied (with modifications) (25.1.2018) by The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/46), art. 2(2)(a)(f), Sch. 3 Pt. 4 (with art. 7, Sch. 3 Pts. 5, 6)
Pt. 1 Chs. 1-6 applied (with modifications) (25.1.2018) by The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (Application and Modification of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016) Order 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/465), arts. 1-4
Person to be brought before court
I120F1Information to be given in particular cases
1
Subsection (2) applies when—
a
a person is in police custody having been arrested under a warrant in respect of F2an offence listed in subsection (3)(b), or
b
a person—
i
is in police custody having been arrested without a warrant, and
ii
since being arrested, the person has been charged by a constable with F3an offence listed in subsection (3)(b).
2
The person must be informed as soon as reasonably practicable—
a
that the person's case at, or for the purposes of, any relevant hearing F4... in the course of the proceedings may be conducted only by a lawyer,
b
that it is, therefore, in the person's interests to get the professional assistance of a solicitor, and
c
that if the person does not engage a solicitor for the purposes of the conduct of the person's case at or for the purposes of the hearing, the court will do so.
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For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2)—
a
“relevant hearing” is to be construed in accordance with section 288C(1A) or (as the case may be) 288DC(4) of the 1995 Act,
b
the list is—
i
an offence to which section 288C of the 1995 Act applies (certain sexual offending),
ii
an offence to which section 288DC of the 1995 Act applies (domestic abuse cases).
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))