PART 9POWER OF POLICE TO REMOVE PERSON TO PLACE OF SAFETY
Duties and powers of police where person removed to place of safety
156Annual records
(1)
The records that must be kept under Article 50 of PACE include records showing, on an annual basis—
(a)
the number of persons detained under this Part in hospitals;
(b)
the number of persons detained under this Part in police stations.
(c)
the number of children detained under this Part in hospitals;
(d)
the number of children detained under this Part in police stations;
(e)
final disposals in respect of children detained as mentioned in paragraphs (c) and (d).
(2)
Every annual report under section 58(1) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 must contain information about the matters mentioned in subsection (1) in respect of the period to which the report relates.
(3)
Regulations may provide that the records to be kept by virtue of subsection (1)(e) are records of such information, in respect of each child who ceases to be detained under this Part, as may be prescribed; and that subsection (2) is to be read accordingly.
(4)
In this section “children” means persons under 18.