SCHEDULES
C1SCHEDULE 4Powers exercisable by police civilians
Part 4AStaff custody officers
35AExercise of functions of custody officers
1
Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he may (subject to sub-paragraph (2)) perform all the functions of a custody officer under the 1984 Act (except those under section 45A(4) of that Act) and under any other enactment which confers functions on such a custody officer.
2
But in relation to a police station designated under section 35(1) of the 1984 Act, the person must first also be appointed a custody officer for that police station under section 36(2) of that Act.
3
A person performing the functions of a custody officer by virtue of a designation under this paragraph (together with, if appropriate, an appointment as such) shall have all the powers and duties of a custody officer.
4
Except in sections 36 and 45A(4) of the 1984 Act, references in any enactment to a custody officer within the meaning of that Act include references to a person performing the functions of a custody officer by virtue of a designation under this paragraph.
35BPowers 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.
35C
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 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)