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it shall be the duty of the custody officer so to inform him.

(9) If the person arrested is not in a fit state to be dealt with under subsection (7) above, he may be kept in police detention until he is.

(10) The duty imposed on the custody officer under subsection (1) above shall be carried out by him as soon as practicable after the person arrested arrives at the police station or, in the case of a person arrested at the police station, as soon as practicable after the arrest.

(11) Where—
 * (a) an arrested juvenile who was arrested without a warrant is not released under subsection (2) above; and
 * (b) it appears to the custody officer that a decision falls to be taken in pursuance of section 5(2) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 whether to lay an information in respect of an offence alleged to have been committed by the arrested juvenile,

it shall be the duty of the custody officer to inform him that such a decision falls to be taken and to specify the offence.

(12) It shall also be the duty of the custody officer—
 * (a) to take such steps as are practicable to ascertain the identity of a person responsible for the welfare of the arrested juvenile; and
 * (b) if—
 * (i) he ascertains the identity of any such person; and
 * (ii) it is practicable to give that person the information which subsection (11) above requires the custody officer to give to the arrested juvenile,
 * to give that person the information as soon as it is practicable to do so.

(13) For the purposes of subsection (12) above the persons who may be responsible for the welfare of an arrested juvenile are—
 * (a) his parent or guardian; and
 * (b) any other person who has for the time being assumed responsibility for his welfare.

(14) If it appears to the custody officer that a supervision order, as defined in section 11 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969, is in force in respect of the arrested juvenile, B4