Part 4: Police Powers Chapter 3: Powers Under PACE: Miscellaneous Section 75: PACE: interviews: use of live links
This section amends section 39 of PACE, which concerns the responsibilities of the police to persons detained under that Act. Section 39 requires that all detainees are treated in accordance with PACE and the relevant codes of practice and that, where required, records must be made in relation to the detained person on their custody record. The aim of the amendments is to enable remote interviewing using live link so that a police officer can interview a suspect from a different location.
	Subsection (2) amends section 39(2)(a) of PACE to permit a custody officer to transfer physical custody of a detained person to an officer who is not involved in the investigation and whose responsibility would be to facilitate the live link interview with the investigating officer.
	Subsection (3) inserts new subsections (3A) to (3E) of section 39 which modifies the operation of section 39(3) which places a duty on the investigating officer, in whose custody the detainee is, to report to the custody officer how section 39 of PACE and the codes of practice were adhered to upon return of the individual to the custody officer. New subsections (3A) to (3E) apply the same responsibilities as to the treatment of the detainee to the interviewing officer on the other end of the live link.