PART 3Police powers etc.
Cross-border enforcement by constables of territorial police forces
Interviews11
1
Paragraph (2) applies where a child in respect of whom an application for a child interview order is being made is in England, Wales or Northern Ireland.
2
Any child interview order made as a result of that application may, in addition to doing anything permitted to be done in the order by virtue of section 44 of the 2019 Act—
a
require any person in England, Wales or Northern Ireland in a position to do so to produce the child to a person specified in the order for the purpose of ensuring the child’s attendance at the investigative interview authorised by the order,
b
authorise—
i
the transporting of the child to and from the place where the interview is to take place (by the person specified in the order or another person),
ii
any other action (including action to safeguard and promote the wellbeing of the child) required in connection with such transportation.
3
Paragraph (4) applies where—
a
a child interview order has been made in respect of a child, and
b
the child is in England, Wales or Northern Ireland.
4
A constable may, for the purposes of ensuring the child’s attendance at an investigative interview authorised by the order and planned by virtue of section 47 of the 2019 Act, take any action which a Scottish constable would be entitled to take for that purpose if the child was in Scotland.