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Police Reform Act 2002
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[F1Powers to detain pending arrival of a constable etcU.K.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 3C inserted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 15.12.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 11; S.I. 2017/1139, reg. 2(d) (as amended by S.I. 2017/1162, reg. 2)
7(1)A CSO or CSV may require a person to wait with the CSO or CSV, for a period not exceeding 30 minutes, for the arrival of a constable where—U.K.
(a)the CSO or CSV has required the person to give his or her name and address (whether in consequence of paragraph 3, 4(6), 5(3) or 6(3) or in consequence of provision included in his or her designation in reliance on section 38(6B)(a)), and
(b)either—
(i)the person has failed to comply with the requirement, or
(ii)the CSO or CSV has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the person has given a name or address that is false or inaccurate.
(2)Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply if the requirement to give a name and address was imposed in connection with a relevant licensing offence mentioned in paragraph 3(4)(a), (c) or (f) which the CSO or CSV believes to have been committed on licensed premises (within the meaning of the Licensing Act 2003).
(3)A CSO or CSV may require a person to wait with the CSO or CSV, for a period not exceeding 30 minutes, for the arrival of a constable where—
(a)the CSO or CSV has reason to believe that the person is committing an offence under section 3 or 4 of the Vagrancy Act 1824,
(b)the CSO or CSV requires the person to stop doing whatever gives rise to that belief, and
(c)the person fails to stop as required.
(4)A person who has been required under sub-paragraph (1) or (3) to wait with a CSO or CSV may, if requested to do so, elect that (instead of waiting) he or she will accompany the CSO or CSV to a police station in the relevant police area.
(5)Where the person does not elect to accompany the CSO or CSV to the police station, and the constable arrives within the period of 30 minutes, the CSO or CSV is under a duty to remain with the person and the constable until the CSO or CSV has transferred control of the person to the constable.
(6)Where the person does elect to accompany the CSO or CSV to the police station—
(a)the CSO or CSV is under a duty to remain at the police station until the CSO or CSV has transferred control of the person to the custody officer there,
(b)until control is transferred, the CSO or CSV is treated for all purposes as having the person in his or her lawful custody, and
(c)for so long as the CSO or CSV remains at the police station or in its immediate vicinity (whether before control of the person is transferred or afterwards), the CSO or CSV is under a duty to prevent the person's escape and to assist in keeping the person under control.
(7)A person who—
(a)makes off while subject to a requirement under sub-paragraph (1) or (3), or
(b)makes off while accompanying a CSO or CSV to a police station in accordance with an election under sub-paragraph (4),
is guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.]
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