Remote Reviews of Detention
3.—(1) In the case of an arrested person who is held at a police station specified in regulation 2, the function of carrying out a review under section 40(1)(b) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (review, by an officer of at least the rank of inspector, of the detention of a person arrested but not charged) may be performed by an officer who—
(a)is not present at the police station where the arrested person is held; but
(b)has access to the use of video-conferencing facilities that enable him to communicate with persons in that station.
(2) An officer performing a review of the type specified in paragraph (1) shall use the video-conferencing facilities so as to enable him to communicate with persons in that station.