Reading Borough Council Act 2013 (c. 4)

Introductory

1 Citation

This Act may be cited as the Reading Borough Council Act 2013.

2 Interpretation

In this Act—

• “the 1982 Act” means the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982;

• “authorised officer” means an officer of the council authorised by the council in writing in compliance with section 14(1) to act for the purposes of this Act;

• “the borough” means the borough of Reading;

• “community support officer” means a person designated by the chief officer of the Thames Valley police force as a community support officer under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (police powers for police authority employees);

• “the council” means the Reading Borough Council;

• “proper officer” has the same meaning as in section 270(3) of the Local Government Act 1972;

• “a relevant offence” means an offence—

  (a)

  under paragraph 10 of Schedule 4 to the 1982 Act; or

  (b)

  of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of an offence under that paragraph, committed on or after the day on which this Act came into force;

• “street” has the same meaning as in Schedule 4 to the 1982 Act;

• “ticket” includes any document, token or other item required for the purposes of effecting entry to an entertainment or sporting event.

3 Application

This Act applies so long as any resolution by the council under section 3 of the 1982 Act remains in force.