Valid from 02/12/2002
Power to require arrested person to account for certain mattersU.K.
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23Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person—
(a)he shall have the powers of a constable under sections 36(1)(c) and 37(1)(c) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33) to request a person who—
(i)has been arrested by a constable, or by any person to whom paragraph 21 applies, and
(ii)is detained at any place in the relevant police area,
to account for the presence of an object, substance or mark or for the presence of the arrested person at a particular place; and
(b)the references to a constable in sections 36(1)(b) and (c) and (4) and 37(1)(b) and (c) and (3) of that Act shall have effect accordingly as including references to the person to whom this paragraph is applied.