SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 3ESCORT OFFICERS
2
1
Paragraph 22 (power to take arrested person to a police station) is amended as follows.
2
In sub-paragraph (1)(c)—
a
in paragraph (ii) after “duty” insert “
to keep that person under control and
”
;
b
in paragraph (iii) at the end add “
and under his control
”
.
3
After sub-paragraph (1)(c) add—
d
a person who has taken another person to a police station in exercise of the power conferred by virtue of paragraph (a)—
i
shall be under a duty to remain at the police station until he has transferred control of the other person to the custody officer at the police station;
ii
until he has so transferred control of the other person, shall be treated for all purposes as having that person in his lawful custody;
iii
for so long as he is at the police station or in its immediate vicinity in compliance with, or having complied with, his duty under sub-paragraph (i), shall be under a duty to prevent the escape of the other person and to assist in keeping him under control; and
iv
shall be entitled to use reasonable force for the purpose of complying with his duty under sub-paragraph (iii).