F1[F2Part 4A]E+W
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 4 Pt. 4A repealed (12.1.2010) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 112, 116(6)(b), Sch. 7 para. 125(3)(a), Sch. 8
F2Sch. 4 Pt. 4A inserted (prosp.) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 120(5), 178
Prospective
Exercise of functions of custody officersE+W
35A(1)Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he may (subject to sub-paragraph (2)) perform all the functions of a custody officer under the 1984 Act (except those under section 45A(4) of that Act) and under any other enactment which confers functions on such a custody officer.
(2)But in relation to a police station designated under section 35(1) of the 1984 Act, the person must first also be appointed a custody officer for that police station under section 36(2) of that Act.
(3)A person performing the functions of a custody officer by virtue of a designation under this paragraph (together with, if appropriate, an appointment as such) shall have all the powers and duties of a custody officer.
(4)Except in sections 36 and 45A(4) of the 1984 Act, references in any enactment to a custody officer within the meaning of that Act include references to a person performing the functions of a custody officer by virtue of a designation under this paragraph.