Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 1) - Explanatory Notes

Explanatory Notes

Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016

2016 asp 1

13 January 2016

Overview of the Act

Part 1 – Arrest and Custody

Chapter 7 – General

Common law and enactments

Section 54 – Abolition of pre-enactment powers of arrest

153. Section 54 provides that the only power of arrest which the police have to bring a person into police custody comes from Section 1 of this Act and Section 41(1) of the Terrorism Act 2000.