SCHEDULES
C1SCHEDULE 3Border security
PART 2Detention
Rights: Scotland
I140
1
Paragraphs 37 to 39 have effect in relation to a detainee in place of any enactment or rule of law under or by virtue of which a person arrested or detained may be entitled to communicate or consult with any other person.
2
But where the detainee appears to a constable to be a child—
a
the other person named by the detainee in pursuance of paragraph 37(1) must be the detainee's parent,
b
intimation is to be made under paragraph 37(1) whether the detainee requests that it be made or not, and
c
section 40 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (right of under 18s to have access to other person) applies as if the detainee were a person in police custody for the purposes of that section.
3
In relation to a detainee who is detained at a place other than a police station, sub-paragraph (2) applies as if references to a constable included an examining officer.
4
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)—
“child” means a person under 16 years of age;
“parent” includes guardian and any person who has the care of the child.
Sch. 3 modified by Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1813), Sch. 4 para. 7 (as inserted (12.2.2019 for specified purposes) by Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (c. 3), s. 27(1)(g)(2)(c), Sch. 3 para. 63(1) (with s. 25(9), Sch. 3 para. 63(2)))