PART 1ARREST AND CUSTODY
CHAPTER 7GENERAL
Interpretation of Part
I164Meaning of police custody
1
For the purposes of this Part, a person is in police custody from the time the person is arrested by a constable until any one of the events mentioned in subsection (2) occurs.
2
The events are—
a
the person is released from custody,
b
the person is brought before a court in accordance with section 21(2),
c
the person is brought before a court under section 28(2) or (3) of the 1995 Act,
d
the Principal Reporter makes a direction under section 65(2)(b) of the Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 that the person continue to be kept in a place of safety.