PART IIAMENDMENTS OF POLICE AND CRIMINAL EVIDENCE (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1989

Property of detained persons6

1

Article 55 of the 1989 Order (searches of detained persons) is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph (1) (custody officer at a police station to ascertain and record everything which a detained person has with him) omit “and record or cause to be recorded”.

3

For paragraph (2) (record of arrested person to be made as part of custody record) substitute—

2

The custody officer may record or cause to be recorded all or any of the things which he ascertains under paragraph (1).

2A

In the case of an arrested person, any such record may be made as part of his custody record.