http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2019/7

C3 C1 C2PART 4POLICE INVESTIGATORY AND OTHER POWERS

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3

Pt. 4 applied (with modifications) (17.12.2021) by 2004 c. 20, s. 56B (as inserted by The Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1458), arts. 1(1), 19)

C1

Pt. 4 applied (with modifications) (17.12.2021) by 1987 c. 4, s. 2E (as inserted by The Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1458), arts. 1(1), 17)

C2

Pt. 4 applied (with modifications) (17.12.2021) by 2003 c. 20, s. 31B (as inserted by The Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1458), arts. 1(1), 18)

C3 C1 C2CHAPTER 3QUESTIONING OF CERTAIN CHILDREN

Planning and conduct of investigative interviews

I1 C3 C1 C252C3 C1 C2Child not to be questioned while unaccompanied

1

This section applies where an investigative interview of a child is authorised—

a

by virtue of section 40(2), or

b

by a child interview order made in respect of the child.

2

The investigative interview may be conducted only if (and only for as long as)—

a

both the child's supporter and the child interview rights practitioner are in attendance at the location where the interview is being conducted, and

b

at least one of those persons is present in the room in which the interview is being conducted.