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Staff custody officers
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124(1)The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S. I. 1989/1341 (N. I. 12)) is amended as follows.
(2)In Article 37 (custody officers at police stations)—
(a)for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3)No police officer may be appointed a custody officer unless the officer is of at least the rank of sergeant.”,
(b)in paragraph (5) for “an individual” substitute “an officer”,
(c)in paragraph (7)—
(i)in sub-paragraph (a) omit “or a staff custody officer” and for “such a person” substitute “such an officer”, and
(ii)in sub-paragraph (b) for “such person” substitute “such officer”,
(d)in paragraph (8) for “a person” substitute “an officer”, and
(e)omit paragraph (11).
(3)In Article 40 (responsibilities in relation to persons detained)—
(a)in paragraph (6)(a) omit “(or, if the custody officer is a staff custody officer, any police officer or any member of the police support staff)”, and
(b)omit paragraph (7).
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