(2) A police officer or police custody officer who is S. 55I(2) transporting, or assisting in the transport of, a amended by Nos 37/2014 person under this section may do anything in s. 10(Sch. relation to that person that an escort officer item 32.11(a)), 59/2015 transporting the person may do. s. 11(3). (3) A person who is being transported only by police S. 55I(3) amended by officers or police custody officers, or both police Nos 37/2014 officers and police custody officers, under s. 10(Sch. item 32.11(b)), subsection (1) is deemed to be in the legal custody 59/2015 of the Chief Commissioner of Police while being s. 11(4). so transported. (4) If one or more police officers or police custody S. 55I(4) amended by officers assist an escort officer to transport a Nos 37/2014 person under this section, the person is deemed to s. 10(Sch. item 32.11(b)), be in the legal custody of the Secretary while 59/2015 being so transported. s. 11(5). (5) A police custody officer may only exercise a S. 55I(5) inserted by power under this section if the Chief No. 59/2015 Commissioner has directed the police custody s. 11(6). officer under section 104DA to transport the person. 55J Additional powers of escort officers S. 55J inserted by No. 45/2001 (1) An escort officer may execute a warrant to s. 15. imprison, or a remand warrant, as if the escort officer was a prison officer.
S. 55I(2) amended by Nos 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 32.11(a)), 59/2015 s. 11(3). (2) A police officer or police custody officer who is transporting, or assisting in the transport of, a person under this section may do anything in relation to that person that an escort officer transporting the person may do. S. 55I(3) amended by Nos 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 32.11(b)), 59/2015 s. 11(4). (3) A person who is being transported only by police officers or police custody officers, or both police officers and police custody officers, under subsection (1) is deemed to be in the legal custody of the Chief Commissioner of Police while being so transported. S. 55I(4) amended by Nos 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 32.11(b)), 59/2015 s. 11(5). (4) If one or more police officers or police custody officers assist an escort officer to transport a person under this section, the person is deemed to be in the legal custody of the Secretary while being so transported. S. 55I(5) inserted by No. 59/2015 s. 11(6). (5) A police custody officer may only exercise a power under this section if the Chief Commissioner has directed the police custody officer under section 104DA to transport the person. S. 55J inserted by No. 45/2001 s. 15. 55J Additional powers of escort officers (1) An escort officer may execute a warrant to imprison, or a remand warrant, as if the escort officer was a prison officer.
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