8.—(1) The Police Act 1996(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 6 (appeals to police appeals tribunals)—
(a)in paragraph 1(1)(2), after “a senior officer” insert “or a former senior officer”;
(b)in paragraph 2(1)(3), for “a member of a police force (other than a senior officer) or a special constable” substitute “a person to whom sub-paragraph (3) applies”;
(c)after paragraph 2(2), insert—
“(3) The persons to whom this sub-paragraph applies are—
(a)a member of a police force (other than a senior officer),
(b)a former member of a police force (other than a former senior officer),
(c)a special constable, and
(d)a former special constable.”.
There have been amendments to paragraph 1 but none is relevant.
Sub-paragraph (1) was substituted by paragraph 11 of Schedule 22 to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4). There have been other amendments to sub-paragraph (1) but none is relevant.