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Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, Paragraph 7 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 07 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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7E+WAfter paragraph 33A (inserted by paragraph 16 of Schedule 8 to this Act) insert—
“Powers in respect of detained personsE+W
33BWhere a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he shall be under a duty, when in the course of his employment he is present at a police station—
(a)to keep under control any person detained at the police station and for whom he is for the time being responsible;
(b)to assist any officer or other designated person to keep any other person detained at the police station under control; and
(c)to prevent the escape of any such person as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b),
and for those purposes shall be entitled to use reasonable force.
Powers in respect of detained personsE+W
33CWhere a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he shall be entitled to use reasonable force when—
(a)securing, or assisting an officer or another designated person to secure, the detention of a person detained at a police station in the relevant police area, or
(b)escorting within a police station in the relevant police area, or assisting an officer or another designated person to escort within such a police station, a person detained there.”
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