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Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.Changes and effects yet to be applied to :Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the specific provision you are viewing.s. 17 amended by 2003 c. 20 Sch. 5 para. 4s. 17(8) words repealed by 2006 asp 10 sch. 6 para. 1(2)Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act, associated Parts and Chapters where applicable. This includes any insertions of whole new Parts, Chapters or provisions yet to be inserted into this Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing.Act power to apply (with modifications) conferred by 2006 asp 10 sch. 1 para. 10(10)Act power to apply (with modifications) conferred by 2006 asp 10 sch. 2 para. 9Act repealed (except for ss. 32A, 42) by 2012 asp 8 sch. 8 Pt. 1Act savings for effects of 2012 asp 8 sch. 8 Pt. 1 by S.S.I. 2013/121 art. 17Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):s. 3(3) (4) inserted by 2006 asp 10 s. 48s. 5ZA inserted by S.S.I. 2005/361 art. 2s. 9(1)(a) words in s. 9(1) renumbered as s. 9(1)(a) by 2003 asp 7 s. 76(2)(a)s. 9(1)(b) and word inserted by 2003 asp 7 s. 76(2)(a)s. 9(1A)-(1F) inserted by 2003 asp 7 s. 76(2)(b)s. 9(1D) words substituted by S.S.I. 2005/465 Sch. 1 para. 3(2)s. 9A 9B inserted by 2003 asp 7 s. 76(3)s. 12(6A) inserted by 2004 c. 20 Sch. 14 para. 2(2)s. 38(3AA) (3AB) inserted by 2006 asp 10 sch. 6 para. 1(4)(b)s. 38(6)(a) words substituted by 2005 c. 15 Sch. 4 para. 14(3)s. 38A(1)(bc) inserted by 2005 c. 15 Sch. 4 para. 14(2)(b)s. 38A(1)(bd)-(bg) inserted by 2006 asp 10 sch. 6 para. 1(5)(a)(ii)s. 38A(1)(bh) inserted by 2006 c. 48 Sch. 1 para. 53(2)s. 38A(5A) inserted by 2006 asp 10 sch. 6 para. 1(5)(b)s. 38A(8) inserted by 2006 asp 10 s. 50(2)(b)s. 38A(8) words substituted by S.I. 2007/1098 Sch. para. 1s. 38B inserted by 2006 asp 10 s. 50(3)s. 39(8) added by 2003 asp 7 s. 76(4)(c)s. 42(3) inserted by 2004 c. 20 s. 68(4)s. 42(3) words substituted by 2012 asp 8 sch. 7 para. 1(3)(b)s. 43(3A) (3B) inserted by 2004 c. 20 s. 68(6)Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Police (Scotland) Act 1967Commencement OrdersThis section lists the commencement orders yet to be applied to the whole Act. 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If you are viewing a prospective version or there is a prospective version available there may be commencement orders listed here that are relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:S.I. 2003/120 art. 2 Sch. commences (2002 c. 29)S.I. 2004/786 art. 2 3 commences (2003 c. 32)S.I. 2004/913 art. 2 3 commences (2002 c. 30)S.I. 2004/1572 art. 2 3 commences (2003 c. 20)S.I. 2004/3281 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 36)S.I. 2004/3338 art. 3(b) commences (2002 c. 30)S.I. 2005/442 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 20)S.I. 2005/877 art. 2 Sch. 1 2 commences (2004 c. 20)S.I. 2005/1126 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 11)S.I. 2005/2040 art. 2-4 commences (2004 c. 36)S.I. 2006/378 art. 2-7 Sch. commences (2005 c. 15)S.I. 2007/709 art. 3(a) commences (2006 c. 48)S.S.I. 2003/288 art. 2 Sch. commences (2003 asp 7)S.S.I. 2004/240 art. 2 commences (2003 asp 7)S.S.I. 2006/432 art. 2 commences (2006 asp 10)S.S.I. 2006/607 art. 3 Sch. commences (2006 asp 10)S.S.I. 2007/84 art. 3 commences (2006 asp 10)S.S.I. 2007/479 art. 3 Sch. commences (2007 asp 6)S.R. 2003/142 art. 3 commences (1998 c. 32)17 General functions and jurisdiction of constables.S(1)Subject to the provisions of this Act, it shall be the duty of the constables of a police force—
(c)to serve and execute when required any warrant, citation or deliverance issued, or process duly endorsed, by a Lord Commissioner of Justiciary, sheriff, [F1or justice of the peace], being a warrant, citation, deliverance or process relating to any criminal proceeding;
and without prejudice to the operation of [F2section 135(3) and (4) of the M1Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995] (bringing of apprehended person before court on first lawful day after arrest) it shall be the duty of any constable in carrying out his duties under paragraph (b) of this subsection to take every precaution to ensure that any person charged with an offence is not unreasonably and unnecessarily detained in custody.
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4 from the [F5sheriff principal] having jurisdiction in the place:
In this subsection [F5sheriff principal] does not include a [F5sheriff].
(4)Any constable of a police force shall have all the powers and privileges of a constable throughout Scotland [F6and (without prejudice to section 1(2) of this Act) the adjacent United Kingdom waters].
[F7(4A)A member of the British Transport Police Force who is for the time being required by virtue of section 11 or 12 of this Act to serve with a police force shall—
(a)if the constable is for the time being serving, in pursuance of the provisions of this Act relating to the mutual aid of police forces or to collaboration agreements [F9or of section 98 of the M2Police Act 1996 (cross-border aid of one police force by another)], with a police force other than that in which he holds his appointment, the chief constable of the first-mentioned force [F10or, if he is serving with the British Transport Police Force, the Chief Constable of that Force], and
[F11(7A)In this section—
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