{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adult-support-and-protection-scotland-act-2007/section-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adult-support-and-protection-scotland-act-2007/section-29.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2007/10",
  "legislation_title": "Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adult-support-and-protection-scotland-act-2007",
  "path": "section/29",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Police duties after arrest",
  "text": "(1) The officer in charge of a police station to which any person arrested under section 28 is taken (“the officer in charge”) must detain the arrested person in custody until the person is—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) brought before the sheriff under section 32.\n(2) The officer in charge must ensure that the facts and circumstances which gave rise to the arrest are reported to the fiscal as soon as is practicable.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 29(1)(a) omitted (25.1.2018) by virtue of The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (Modification of Part 1 and Ancillary Provision) Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/453), reg. 1, sch. para. 6(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 29 in force at 29.10.2008 by S.S.I. 2008/314, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/10/section/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:56.603628+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}