SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 16Police reform: minor and consequential amendments
Part 3Other enactments
Police Reform Act 2002
291
In section 29 (interpretation of Part 2), in subsection (1)—
I1a
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;
”
;
I1b
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
I2c
omit the definition of “senior officer”.