Part IX Miscellaneous Amendments: Scotland

129 Transfer of persons detained by police and customs officers.

F1(1)-(3)

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(4)

In subsection (1) of section 48 of the M1Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 (detention of suspect by customs officer)—

(a)

after the word “premises” there shall be inserted the words “ and may thereafter for that purpose take him to any other place ”; and

(b)

for the word “there” there shall be substituted the words “ at the customs office, or as the case may be the other premises or place. ”.

(5)

In subsection (5) of that section—

(a)

after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(aa)

any other place to which the person is, during the detention, thereafter taken;”; and

(b)

in paragraph (f), for the words “departure from the customs office or other premises” there shall be substituted the words “ release from detention ”.

(6)

In section 49(1) of that Act (intimation to solicitor and other person of detention under section 48)—

(a)

for the words “at a customs office or other premises” there shall be substituted the words “ and has been taken to a customs office or other premises or place ”; and

(b)

for the words “place where he is being detained” there shall be substituted the words “ customs office or other premises or place ”.