# Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, Paragraph 6


(1) Section 38 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (right to have intimation sent to other person) is modified as follows.
(2) Subsection (6) applies as if (instead of the provision made by that subsection) it defined “an appropriate constable” as being—
(a) in relation to delay during the period of 24 hours beginning with the time of the arrest under section 137A, an officer of the investigating force of at least the rank of inspector who has not been involved in the investigation in connection with which the arrest was made;
(b) in relation to delay during any remaining period for which a person may be detained under section 137C, an officer of the investigating force of a rank above that of inspector who has not been involved in the investigation in connection with which the arrest was made.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/33/schedule/7B/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994/schedule-7B/paragraph-6
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

