22 Application of the PACE orders

Investigations and detention

22  Application of the PACE orders

(1)     Subject as follows, the PACE orders—

(a)     apply to criminal investigations conducted by designated customs officials and relating to a general customs matter or customs revenue matter as they apply to relevant investigations conducted by officers of Revenue and Customs, and

(b)     apply to persons detained by designated customs officials as they apply to persons detained by officers of Revenue and Customs.

(2)     Each of the following is a PACE order for the purposes of this section—

(a)     . . .

(b)     the Police and Criminal Evidence (Application to Revenue and Customs) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 (SR 2007/464).

(3)     In the application of the PACE orders by virtue of this section—

(a)     subject to the following provisions of this subsection, references in those orders to an officer of Revenue and Customs are to be read as references to a designated customs official;

(b)     references in those orders to the Commissioners are to be read as references to—

(i)     the Secretary of State in relation to general customs matters, or

(ii)     the Director of Border Revenue in relation to customs revenue matters;

(c)     references in those orders to Her Majesty's

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