PART IVDetention
Detention—miscellaneous
48Remands to police detention
In section 128 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980—
a
in subsection (7) for the words " the custody of a constable " there shall be substituted the words " detention at a police station " ;
b
after subsection (7) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
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Where a person is committed to detention at a police station under subsection (7) above—
a
he shall not be kept in such detention unless there is a need for him to be so detained for the purposes of inquiries into other offences;
b
if kept in such detention, he shall be brought back before the magistrates' court which committed him as soon as that need ceases ;
c
he shall be treated as a person in police detention to whom the duties under section 39 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (responsibilities in relation to persons detained) relate;
d
his detention shall be subject to periodic review at the times set out in section 40 of that Act (review of police detention).