Part 4Police powers
CHAPTER 3Powers under PACE: miscellaneous
I173PACE: treatment of those aged 17
1
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 is amended as follows.
2
In section 30A (bail elsewhere than at police station), in subsection (3B)(d), for “under the age of 17” substitute “
under the age of 18
”
.
3
In section 63B (testing for presence of class A drugs)—
a
in subsection (5A), for “has not attained the age of 17” substitute “
has not attained the age of 18
”
;
b
in subsection (10), in the definition of “appropriate adult”, for “has not attained the age of 17” substitute “
has not attained the age of 18
”
.
4
In section 65 (which makes provision to supplement the provisions of Part 5 on the questioning and treatment of persons by the police), in subsection (1), in the definition of “appropriate consent”, in paragraph (a), for “has attained the age of 17 years” substitute “
has attained the age of 18 years
”
.