{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-2007/schedule-4/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "nisi/2007/912",
  "legislation_title": "The Policing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-2007",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Article 37 is amended as follows.\n(2) For paragraph (3) substitute—\n“(3) No person may be appointed a custody officer unless—\n(a) he is a police officer of at least the rank of sergeant; or\n(b) he is a staff custody officer.”.\n(3) In paragraph (5) for “an officer” substitute “ an individual ”.\n(4) In paragraph (7)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (a)—\n(i) after “by an officer” insert “ or a staff custody officer ”;\n(ii) for “such an officer” substitute “ such a person ”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (b) for “such officer” substitute “ such person ”.\n(5) In paragraph (8)—\n(a) after “in” insert “ Article 35 or in ”;\n(b) for “an officer” substitute “ a person ”.\n(6) After paragraph (10) add—\n“(11) In this Article “staff custody officer” means a person who has been designated as such under section 30 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 1(2)-(4) never in operation, repealed (12.1.2010) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 112(2), 116(6)(b), Sch. 8 Pt. 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 1(5)(b) never in operation, repealed (12.1.2010) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 112(2), 116(6)(b), Sch. 8 Pt. 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 1(6) never in operation, repealed (12.1.2010) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 112(2), 116(6)(b), Sch. 8 Pt. 13"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2007/912/schedule/4/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:07.529300+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."
}