Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012

2 (1) It is the duty of a police custody and security officer—

(a) to attend to the well-being of a person in the officer’s custody,

(b) to prevent such a person from escaping from custody,

(c) to prevent, or detect and report on, the commission or attempted commission by such a person of any other unlawful act,

(d) to act with a view to preserving good order in the premises of any court and in land connected with such premises,

(e) to ensure good order and discipline on the part of a person in the officer’s custody (whether or not in the premises of any court or in land connected with such premises), and

(f) to give effect to any order of a court.

(2) A police custody and security officer provided to the Authority by virtue of section 26(2)(b) does not have the powers and duties mentioned in this schedule in the premises of any court or in land connected with such premises.

(3) In this schedule—

(a) “legal custody” has the meaning given by section 295 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.46),

(b) “relevant physical data” has the meaning given by section 18(7A) of that Act, and

(c) “relevant premises” means—

(i) the premises of any court, prison, police station or hospital (within the meaning of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13)), or

(ii) the premises of any other place from or to which a person may be required to be taken under that Act of 1995 or that Act of 2003.