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Limitation on police questioningS

39Limitation on police questioning of certain childrenS

(1)This section applies where a constable has reasonable grounds to suspect that a child, while under 12 years of age—

(a)by behaving in a violent or dangerous way, has caused or risked causing serious physical harm to another person, or

(b)by behaving in a sexually violent or sexually coercive way, has caused or risked causing harm (whether physical or not) to another person.

(2)The child may not be questioned by a constable, or subjected to an investigative interview, in relation to the incident mentioned in subsection (1) unless the questioning or interview is authorised—

(a)by virtue of section 40(2),

(b)by an order under section 44 (a “child interview order”), or

(c)by virtue of section 54.

(3)In this Chapter—

  • child” means a person—

    (a)

    who is under 16 years of age, or

    (b)

    who is—

    (i)

    16 or 17 years of age, and

    (ii)

    subject to a compulsory supervision order, or an interim compulsory supervision order, made under the 2011 Act,

  • investigative interview” means a meeting, or series of meetings—

    (a)

    planned by a constable in collaboration with a local authority, and

    (b)

    conducted—

    (i)

    by a constable or an officer of a local authority, or

    (ii)

    jointly by a constable and an officer of a local authority,

    for the purpose of seeking information from a child in relation to an incident which is the subject of a police investigation,

    references to a constable questioning a child include references to a constable causing a child to be questioned by another person (and cognate expressions are to be construed accordingly).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Commencement Information

I1S. 39 in force at 17.12.2021 by S.S.I. 2021/449, reg. 2

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