[Part 1 Arrests in Respect of Offences Committed in England and Wales]

[SCHEDULE 7B Rights of Persons Arrested under section 137A: Modifications]

[Section 137D]

[Part 1 Arrests in Respect of Offences Committed in England and Wales]

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(1)     This Part sets out the modifications mentioned in section 137D(2), that is, modifications of the provisions which apply in relation to persons arrested under section 137A in respect of a specified offence committed in England and Wales.

(2)     Except as expressly provided by this Part, a reference to a constable in any of those provisions is to be read as a reference to a constable of the arresting force.

(3)     In this Part, references to the arresting force and the investigating force have the same meaning as in section 137C (see subsection (8) of that section).

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(1)     Section 56 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (right to have someone informed when arrested) is modified as follows.

(2)     Subsection (1) is to be read as if (instead of referring to the case where a person has been arrested and is being held in custody in a police station or other premises)

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