# Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, Paragraph 8


(1) Paragraph 34 (power to take an 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 the 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).”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/15/schedule/9/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/serious-organised-crime-and-police-act-2005/schedule-9/paragraph-8
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