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157(1)Section 462 (interpretation) shall be amended as follows.S
(2)In subsection (1)—
(a)at the appropriate places, there shall be inserted the following definitions—
““examination of facts” means an examination of facts held under section 174ZA or 375ZA of this Act;”;
““governor” means, in relation to a contracted out prison within the meaning of section 106(4) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, the director of the prison;”; and
““prison officer” and “officer of a prison” means, in relation to a contracted out prison within the meaning of section 106(4) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, a prisoner custody officer within the meaning of section 114(1) of that Act;”; and
(b)in the definition of “officer of law”, after paragraph (ii) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(iia)any person who is employed under section 9 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 for the assistance of the constables of a police force and who is authorised by the chief constable of that police force in relation to service and execution as mentioned above;”; and
(c)in the definition of “prosecutor”, the words “private prosecutor,” in the second place where they occur shall cease to have effect.
(3)In subsection (6), for the words “Great Britain” there shall be substituted “ the United Kingdom ”.
(4)Subsection (10) shall cease to have effect.
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