PART 1ARREST AND CUSTODY

CHAPTER 7GENERAL

Interpretation of Part

64Meaning of police custody

(1)

For the purposes of this Part, a person is in police custody from the time the person is arrested by a constable until any one of the events mentioned in subsection (2) occurs.

(2)

The events are—

(a)

the person is released from custody,

(b)

the person is brought before a court in accordance with section 21(2),

(c)

the person is brought before a court under section 28(2) or (3) of the 1995 Act,

(d)

the Principal Reporter makes a direction under section 65(2)(b) of the Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 that the person continue to be kept in a place of safety.