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.