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 ”.