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Policing and Crime Act 2017

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73 PACE: treatment of those aged 17

(1) The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 is amended as follows. (2) In section 30A (bail elsewhere than at police station), in subsection (3B)(d), for “under the age of 17” substitute “ under the age of 18 ”. (3) In section 63B (testing for presence of class A drugs)— (a) in subsection (5A), for “has not attained the age of 17” substitute “ has not attained the age of 18 ”; (b) in subsection (10), in the definition of “appropriate adult”, for “has not attained the age of 17” substitute “ has not attained the age of 18 ”. (4) In section 65 (which makes provision to supplement the provisions of Part 5 on the questioning and treatment of persons by the police), in subsection (1), in the definition of “appropriate consent”, in paragraph (a), for “has attained the age of 17 years” substitute “ has attained the age of 18 years ”.

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73 PACE: treatment of those aged 17

(1) The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 is amended as follows. (2) In section 30A (bail elsewhere than at police station), in subsection (3B)(d), for “under the age of 17” substitute “ under the age of 18 ”. (3) In section 63B (testing for presence of class A drugs)— (a) in subsection (5A), for “has not attained the age of 17” substitute “ has not attained the age of 18 ”; (b) in subsection (10), in the definition of “appropriate adult”, for “has not attained the age of 17” substitute “ has not attained the age of 18 ”. (4) In section 65 (which makes provision to supplement the provisions of Part 5 on the questioning and treatment of persons by the police), in subsection (1), in the definition of “appropriate consent”, in paragraph (a), for “has attained the age of 17 years” substitute “ has attained the age of 18 years ”.

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