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