Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 16 Police reform: minor and consequential amendments

Part 3 Other enactments

Police Reform Act 2002

291 In section 29 (interpretation of Part 2), in subsection (1)—

(a) in the definition of “appropriate authority”—

(i) in paragraph (a)(i), for “a senior officer, the police authority” substitute “the chief officer or an acting chief officer, the local policing body”;

(ii) in paragraph (a)(ii), for “a senior officer” substitute “the chief officer or an acting chief officer”;

(iii) in paragraph (b)(i), for “a senior officer, the police authority” substitute “the chief officer or an acting chief officer, the local policing body”;

(iv) in paragraph (b)(ii), for “a senior officer” substitute “the chief officer or an acting chief officer”;

(v) after paragraph (b)(ii) insert— “and, for the purposes of this definition, “acting chief officer” means a person exercising or performing functions of a chief constable in accordance with section 41 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011; a person exercising powers or duties of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis in accordance with section 44 or 45(4) of that Act; or a person exercising duties of the Commissioner of Police for the City of London in accordance with section 25 of the City of London Police Act 1839;

(b) in the definition of “relevant force”, for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

if that authority is a local policing body, the police force which the body is responsible for maintaining; and”;

(c) omit the definition of “senior officer”.