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The Testing of Arrested Persons for Class A Drugs (Prescribed Area) (Scotland) Order 2007

Legislation

King's Printer for Scotland

2017-01-24

CRIMINAL LAW

This Order prescribes the local government areas of the City of Aberdeen, City of Edinburgh and City of Glasgow for the purposes of section 20A(3)(c) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (“the 1995 Act”). A person who is arrested under suspicion of committing, or having committed a relevant offence specified in section 20A(8) of the 1995 Act can be tested for the presence of a relevant Class A drug (as defined in section 20A(8) of the 1995 Act), provided certain conditions are met, including that the person is held in custody in a police station which is located in a prescribed area.