[F15(1)This Part sets out the modifications mentioned in section 137D(3), that is, modifications of the provisions which apply in relation to persons arrested under section 137A in respect of a specified offence committed in Scotland.U.K.
(2)Except as expressly provided by this Part, a reference to a constable in any of those provisions is to be read as a reference to a constable of the arresting force.
(3)A reference to a person in police custody in any of those provisions is to be read as a reference to a person detained under section 137C.
(4)In this Part, references to the arresting force and the investigating force have the same meaning as in section 137C (see subsection (8) of that section).]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 7B inserted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.3.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 16; S.I. 2018/227, art. 2(g)