Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Remote Reviews of Detention) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 8th January 2015.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations—

“Act” means the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;

“review of detention” means a review under section 40(1)(b) of the Act of the detention of a person who has been arrested but not charged, which is carried out by an officer of at least the rank of inspector.

Remote reviews of detention

3. —(1) The function of carrying out a review of detention of an arrested person who is held at a police station may be performed by an officer who—

(a) is not present at the police station where the arrested person is held; but

(b) has access to the use of video-conferencing facilities that enable the officer to communicate with persons in that station.

(2) An officer performing a review of detention in the circumstances specified in paragraph (1) must use the video-conferencing facilities to communicate with persons in that station.