Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33)

SCHEDULE 10 U.K. Consequential Amendments

Extent Information

E1 The provisions of Sch. 10 are co-extensive with the enactments they affect, see s. 172(16)

Detention by constables and officers of a prison etc.: maximum period U.K.

47 In section 2 of the M1 Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (detention and questioning at police station etc.)—

(a) at the beginning of subsection (3A) there shall be inserted “ Subject to subsection (3B) below, ”; and

(b) after subsection (3A) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(3B) Subsection (3A) above shall not apply in relation to detention under section 41(3) of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 (detention in relation to introduction etc. into prison of prohibited article), but where a person was detained under section 41(3) immediately prior to his detention under subsection (1) above the period of six hours mentioned in subsection (2) above shall be reduced by the length of that earlier detention.”.

Marginal Citations

M1 1980 c. 62.