# Policing and Crime Act 2009, Paragraph 124


(1) The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S. I. 1989/1341 (N. I. 12)) is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 37 (custody officers at police stations)—
(a) for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3) No police officer may be appointed a custody officer unless the officer is of at least the rank of sergeant.”,
(b) in paragraph (5) for “an individual” substitute “ an officer ”,
(c) in paragraph (7)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (a) omit “or a staff custody officer” and for “such a person” substitute “ such an officer ”, and
(ii) in sub-paragraph (b) for “such person” substitute “ such officer ”,
(d) in paragraph (8) for “a person” substitute “ an officer ”, and
(e) omit paragraph (11).
(3) In Article 40 (responsibilities in relation to persons detained)—
(a) in paragraph (6)(a) omit “(or, if the custody officer is a staff custody officer, any police officer or any member of the police support staff)”, and
(b) omit paragraph (7).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/26/schedule/7/paragraph/124 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2009/schedule-7/paragraph-124
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