Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 2645
POLICE
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Drug Testing of Persons in Police Detention) (Prescribed Persons) Regulations 2001
Made
18th July 2001
Coming into force
19th July 2001
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 63B(6) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984( 1 ), hereby makes the following Regulations, a draft of which has been laid before Parliament and has been approved by resolution of each House in accordance with section 63B(6) of that Act:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Drug Testing of Persons in Police Detention) (Prescribed Persons) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
2. —(1) The following are prescribed persons for the purposes of section 63B(6) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984:
(a) a police officer;
(b) a person employed by a police authority or police force whose contractual duties include taking samples for the purpose of testing for the presence of specified Class A drugs( 2 );
(c) a person employed by a contractor engaged by a police authority or police force whose duties include taking samples for the purpose of testing for the presence of specified Class A drugs.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(c) above, “contractor” means any person or body obliged, under any of the terms of a contract with a police authority or a police force, to provide, when required, the service of taking samples for the purpose of testing for the presence of specified Class A drugs.
Bob Ainsworth
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
18th July 2001
1984 c. 60 . Section 63B was inserted into the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 by section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43) .
The current definition of specified Class A drugs is set out in the Criminal Justice (Specified Class A Drugs) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1816 ).