Amendment of provisions relating to the investigation of Revenue and Customs offences in Scotland2
1
Schedule 1 amends Part 3 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 19952 to give suspects the right to have access to a solicitor, to increase the maximum period of detention under section 24 and to provide for the extension of that period of detention in certain circumstances.
2
The amendments made by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 do not affect section 24(5) of that Act3 (detention and questioning at office of Revenue and Customs) as it applies by virtue of section 26(8) in respect of a person detained under section 26 (detention in connection with certain drug smuggling offences).
3
The amendment made by paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 does not affect subsection 25(1) of that Act4 as it applies by virtue of section 26(9) in respect of a person detained under section 26.
4
The amendments made by Schedule 1 do not affect the operation of Part 3 of that Act (as it has effect immediately before the time at which this Order comes into force) in relation to—
a
a person who is detained under section 24 of that Act, where the period of detention began before that time;
b
a person who attends as mentioned in section 25A(1)(b) of that Act, where the period of attendance began before that time;
c
a person who is arrested and detained as mentioned in section 25A(1)(c) of that Act, where the arrest occurred before that time.