79(1)Section 97 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (regulations for police forces as to training and qualifications for deployment) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (4) (persons who must be consulted before regulations about training etc may be made), for paragraph (a) there is substituted—
“(a)the National Policing Improvement Agency;”.
(3)For subsection (6) (interpretation of section) there is substituted—
“(6)In this section—
(a)references to the provision of police training are references to the provision of training and opportunities for professional development for persons serving or employed for policing purposes in England and Wales;
(b)references to the provision of training include references to the provision of assessment and examination services;
(c)references to a person serving or employed for policing purposes in England and Wales are references to a person who is—
(i)a member of a police force in England and Wales,
(ii)a special constable appointed under section 27 of the 1996 Act, or
(iii)a person employed for the purposes of a police force in England and Wales.”