Part 3Police workforce and representative institutions

CHAPTER 1Police workforce

Powers of police civilian staff and volunteers

41Police volunteers: complaints and disciplinary matters

(1)In section 12 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (complaints, matters and persons to which Part 2 of the Act applies), in subsection (7) (what it means to be a person serving with the police)—

(a)omit the “or” at the end of paragraph (b);

(b)at the end of paragraph (c) insert ; or

(d)he is a person designated as a community support volunteer or a policing support volunteer under section 38.

(2)In section 87 of the Police Act 1996 (guidance concerning disciplinary proceedings etc), in subsection (4A)(a) (as inserted by section 32), after sub-paragraph (iii) insert—

(iv)persons designated as community support volunteers or policing support volunteers under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002;.

(3)In section 87A of the Police Act 1996 (guidance concerning conduct etc) (as inserted by section 32), in subsection (1)—

(a)omit the “and” at the end of paragraph (b);

(b)at the end of paragraph (c) insert , and

(d)persons designated as community support volunteers or policing support volunteers under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002.

(4)In Schedule 6 to the Police Act 1996 (appeals to Police Appeals Tribunals), in paragraph 10(aa) (as inserted by section 31), after paragraph (iii) insert—

(iiia)a person designated as a community support volunteer or a policing support volunteer under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002,.