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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

( 1 )

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) .

( 2 )

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 ).

Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format.
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Drug Testing of Persons in Police Detention) (Prescribed Persons) Regulations 2001 (2001/2645)

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The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Drug Testing of Persons in Police Detention) (Prescribed Persons) Regulations 2001 2001 No. 2645 Regulations applied (with modifications) The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024 2024 No. 414 art. 5 Sch. 1 para. 46 Not yet
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Drug Testing of Persons in Police Detention) (Prescribed Persons) Regulations 2001 2001 No. 2645 reg. 2(1)(b) modified The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023 2023 No. 1432 art. 33(2) Sch. 5 para. 46(2) Not yet
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Drug Testing of Persons in Police Detention) (Prescribed Persons) Regulations 2001 2001 No. 2645 Regulations applied (with modifications) The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021 2021 No. 112 art. 35(1) (2) Sch. 5 para. 46 Not yet
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Drug Testing of Persons in Police Detention) (Prescribed Persons) Regulations 2001 2001 No. 2645 reg. 2 applied (with modifications) The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions to the Mayor) Order 2017 2017 No. 470 Sch. 1 para. 46(2) Not yet
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Drug Testing of Persons in Police Detention) (Prescribed Persons) Regulations 2001 2001 No. 2645 reg. 2(1) words substituted The Local Policing Bodies (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2012 2012 No. 61 reg. 2(2)(a) Not yet
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Drug Testing of Persons in Police Detention) (Prescribed Persons) Regulations 2001 2001 No. 2645 reg. 2(2) words substituted The Local Policing Bodies (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2012 2012 No. 61 reg. 2(2)(b) Not yet

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