SCHEDULES
C1F8SCHEDULE 4F8Powers exercisable by contracted-out staff
Sch. 4 applied (with modifications) (1.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 28(1)(g)(2), 120 (with s. 72); S.I. 2004/1572, art. 3(k)
Part 3Detention Officers
25Attendance at police station for fingerprinting
Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he shall, in respect of police stations in the relevant police area, have the power of a constable under F4Schedule 2A to the 1984 Act (fingerprinting and samples: power to require attendance at a police station) to require a person to attend a police station in order to have his fingerprints taken.
26Non-intimate searches of detained persons
1
Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he shall have the powers of a constable under section 54 of the 1984 Act (non-intimate searches of detained persons)—
a
to carry out a search under that section of any person at a police station in the relevant police area or of any other person otherwise in police detention in that area; and
b
to seize or retain, or cause to be seized or retained, anything found on such a search.
2
Subsections (6C) and (9) of section 54 of that Act (restrictions on power to seize personal effects and searches to be carried out by a member of the same sex) shall apply to the exercise by a person to whom this paragraph is applied of any power exercisable by virtue of this paragraph as they apply to the exercise of the power in question by a constable.
27Searches and examinations to ascertain identity
Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he shall have the powers of a constable under section 54A of the 1984 Act (searches and examinations to ascertain identity)—
a
to carry out a search or examination at any police station in the relevant police area; and
b
to take a photograph at any such police station of an identifying mark.
27AF7Searches of persons answering to live link bail
1
Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, that person has the powers of a constable under section 54B of the 1984 Act (searches of persons answering to live link bail)—
a
to carry out a search of any person attending a police station in the relevant police area; and
b
to seize or retain articles found on such a search.
2
Anything seized by a person under the power conferred by sub-paragraph (1) must be delivered to a constable as soon as practicable and in any case before the person from whom the thing was seized leaves the police station.
28Intimate searches of detained persons
1
Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he shall have the powers of a constable by virtue of section 55(6) of the 1984 Act (intimate searches) to carry out an intimate search of a person at any police station in the relevant police area.
2
Subsection (7) of section 55 of that Act (no intimate search to be carried out by a constable of the opposite sex) shall apply to the exercise by a person to whom this paragraph applies of any power exercisable by virtue of this paragraph as it applies to the exercise of the power in question by a constable.
29Fingerprinting without consent
Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person—
a
he shall have, at any police station in the relevant police area, the power of a constable under section 61 of the 1984 Act (fingerprinting) to take fingerprints without the appropriate consent; and
b
the requirement by virtue of subsection (7A)(a) of that section that a person must be informed by an officer that his fingerprints may be the subject of a speculative search shall be capable of being discharged, in the case of a person at such a station, by his being so informed by the person to whom this paragraph applies.
30Warnings about intimate samples
Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, the requirement by virtue of F5section 62(5)(c) of the 1984 Act (intimate samples) that a person must be informed by an officer that a sample taken from him may be the subject of a speculative search shall be capable of being discharged, in the case of a person in a police station in the relevant police area, by his being so informed by the person to whom this paragraph applies.
31Non-intimate samples
Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person—
a
he shall have the power of a constable under section 63 of the 1984 Act (non-intimate samples), in the case of a person in a police station in the relevant police area, to take a non-intimate sample without the appropriate consent;
b
the requirement by virtue of subsection (6) of that section (information about authorisation) that a person must be informed by an officer of the matters mentioned in that subsection shall be capable of being discharged, in the case of an authorisation in relation to a person in a police station in the relevant police area, by his being so informed by the person to whom this paragraph applies; and
c
the requirement by virtue of subsection (8B)(a) of that section that a person must be informed by an officer that a sample taken from him may be the subject of a speculative search shall be capable of being discharged, in the case of a person in such a police station, by his being so informed by the person to whom this paragraph applies.
32Attendance at police station for the taking of a sample
Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he shall, as respects any police station in the relevant police area, have the power of a constable under F6Schedule 2A to the 1984 Act (fingerprinting and samples: power to require attendance at a police station) to require a person to attend a police station in order to have a sample taken.
33Photographing persons in police detention
Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he shall, at police stations in the relevant police area, have the power of a constable under section 64A of the 1984 Act (photographing of suspects etc.) to take a photograph of a person detained at a police station.
33AF1Taking of impressions of footwear
Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person—
a
he shall, at any police station in the relevant police area, have the powers of a constable under section 61A of the 1984 Act (impressions of footwear) to take impressions of a person's footwear without the appropriate consent; and
b
the requirement by virtue of section 61A(5)(a) of the 1984 Act that a person must be informed by an officer that an impression of his footwear may be the subject of a speculative search shall be capable of being discharged, in the case of a person at such a station, by his being so informed by the person to whom this paragraph applies.
33BF2Powers in respect of detained persons
Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he shall be under a duty, when in the course of his employment he is present at a police station—
a
to keep under control any person detained at the police station and for whom he is for the time being responsible;
b
to assist any officer or other designated person to keep any other person detained at the police station under control; and
c
to prevent the escape of any such person as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b),
and for those purposes shall be entitled to use reasonable force.
33C
Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he shall be entitled to use reasonable force when—
a
securing, or assisting an officer or another designated person to secure, the detention of a person detained at a police station in the relevant police area, or
b
escorting within a police station in the relevant police area, or assisting an officer or another designated person to escort within such a police station, a person detained there.
F333D
Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he is authorised to carry out the duty under—
a
section 55 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 of informing a person who is to be subject to an intimate search under that section of the matters of which he is required to be informed in pursuance of subsection (3B) of that section;
b
section 55A of that Act of informing a person who is to be subject to x-ray or ultrasound (as the case may be) under that section of the matters of which he is required to be informed in pursuance of subsection (3) of that section.
Sch. 4 heading substituted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 15.12.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 12 para. 5(2); S.I. 2017/1139, reg. 2(k) (as amended by S.I. 2017/1162, reg. 2)