Police Reform Act 2002

Section 38

F1SCHEDULE 4U.K.[F1Powers exercisable by contracted-out staff]

This schedule has no associated Explanatory Notes

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 4 heading substituted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 15.12.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 12 para. 5(2); S.I. 2017/1139, reg. 2(k) (as amended by S.I. 2017/1162, reg. 2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Sch. 4 applied (with modifications) (1.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 28(1)(g)(2), 120 (with s. 72); S.I. 2004/1572, art. 3(k)

F2Part 1U.K.Community Support Officers

Textual Amendments

F2Sch. 4 Pt. 1 omitted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 15.12.2017 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 12 para. 5(3); S.I. 2017/1139, reg. 2(k) (as amended by S.I. 2017/1162, reg. 2)

Powers to issue fixed penalty noticesE+W

F21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F21ZAU.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Power to issue community protection noticesU.K.

F21ZB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Power to require name and addressE+W

F21A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Power to detain etc.E+W

F22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Powers to search individuals and to seize and retain itemsE+W

F22A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

General power of seizureU.K.

F22B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Power to require name and address of person acting in an anti-social mannerE+W

F23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Power to require name and address: road traffic offencesE+W

F23A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Power to require name and address etc: charity collectorsU.K.

F23B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Power to use reasonable force to detain personE+W

F24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F24ZAE+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F24ZBE+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Power to disperse groups and remove young persons to their place of residenceE+W

F24A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F24AB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Power to disperse groups and remove young persons to their place of residenceE+W

F24B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Power to remove truants and excluded pupils to designated premises etc.E+W

F24C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Alcohol consumption in restricted areasU.K.

F25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Power to serve closure notice for licensed premises persistently selling to childrenE+W

F25A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Confiscation of alcoholU.K.

F26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Confiscation of tobacco etc.E+W

F27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Search and seizure powers: alcohol and tobaccoE+W

F27A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Powers to seize and detain: controlled drugsE+W

F27B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Powers to seize and detain: controlled drugsE+W

F27C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Park Trading offencesE+W

F27D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Powers to seize and detain: psychoactive substancesU.K.

F27E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F27F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Entry to save life or limb or prevent serious damage to propertyU.K.

F28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Entry to investigate licensing offencesE+W

F28A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Seizure of vehicles used to cause alarm etc.E+W

F29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Abandoned vehiclesE+W

F210. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Power to stop vehicle for testingU.K.

F211. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Power to stop cyclesE+W

F211A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Power to control traffic for purposes other than escorting a load of exceptional dimensionsE+W

F211B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Power to control traffic for purposes of escorting a load of exceptional dimensionsU.K.

F212. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Carrying out of road checksE+W

F213. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Power to place traffic signsE+W

F213A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cordoned areasU.K.

F214. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Power to stop and search vehicles etc. in authorised areasU.K.

F215. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Photographing of persons arrested, detained or given fixed penalty noticesE+W

F215ZA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Power to modify paragraph 1(2A)E+W

F215A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3Part 2U.K.Investigating Officers

Textual Amendments

F3Sch. 4 Pt. 2 omitted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 15.12.2017 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 12 para. 5(3); S.I. 2017/1139, reg. 2(k) (as amended by S.I. 2017/1162, reg. 2)

Search warrantsE+W

F316. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F316AE+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F316BE+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Access to excluded and special procedure materialE+W

F317. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Entry and search after arrestU.K.

F318. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Entry and search for evidence of nationality after arrestU.K.

F318A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

General power of seizureU.K.

F319. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Access and copying in the case of things seized by constablesU.K.

F320. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Arrest at a police station for another offenceU.K.

F321. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Power to transfer persons into custody of investigating officersE+W

F322. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Powers in respect of detained personsE+W

F322A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Power to require arrested person to account for certain mattersU.K.

F323. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Extended powers of seizureU.K.

F324. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Persons accompanying investigating officersU.K.

F324A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part 3U.K.Detention Officers

Attendance at police station for fingerprintingU.K.

25Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he shall, in respect of police stations in the relevant police area, have the power of a constable under [F4Schedule 2A to the 1984 Act (fingerprinting and samples: power to require attendance at a police station) ] to require a person to attend a police station in order to have his fingerprints taken.

Textual Amendments

F4Words in Sch. 4 para. 25 substituted (7.3.2011) by Crime and Security Act 2010 (c. 17), ss. 6(4)(a), 59(1); S.I. 2011/414, art. 2(e)

Non-intimate searches of detained personsU.K.

26(1)Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he shall have the powers of a constable under section 54 of the 1984 Act (non-intimate searches of detained persons)—

(a)to carry out a search under that section of any person at a police station in the relevant police area or of any other person otherwise in police detention in that area; and

(b)to seize or retain, or cause to be seized or retained, anything found on such a search.

(2)Subsections (6C) and (9) of section 54 of that Act (restrictions on power to seize personal effects and searches to be carried out by a member of the same sex) shall apply to the exercise by a person to whom this paragraph is applied of any power exercisable by virtue of this paragraph as they apply to the exercise of the power in question by a constable.

Searches and examinations to ascertain identityU.K.

27Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he shall have the powers of a constable under section 54A of the 1984 Act (searches and examinations to ascertain identity)—

(a)to carry out a search or examination at any police station in the relevant police area; and

(b)to take a photograph at any such police station of an identifying mark.

Searches of persons answering to live link bailU.K.

[F527A(1)Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, that person has the powers of a constable under section 54B of the 1984 Act (searches of persons answering to live link bail)—

(a)to carry out a search of any person attending a police station in the relevant police area; and

(b)to seize or retain articles found on such a search.

(2)Anything seized by a person under the power conferred by sub-paragraph (1) must be delivered to a constable as soon as practicable and in any case before the person from whom the thing was seized leaves the police station.]

Textual Amendments

F5Sch. 4 para. 27A and cross-heading inserted (14.12.2009 for specified purposes, 3.10.2011 for specified purposes, 8.10.2012 in so far as not already in force) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), ss. 108(3), 182(5) (with s. 180); S.I. 2009/3253, art. 3(1)(c); S.I. 2011/2148, art. 2; S.I. 2012/2374, art. 3(c)

Intimate searches of detained personsU.K.

28(1)Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he shall have the powers of a constable by virtue of section 55(6) of the 1984 Act (intimate searches) to carry out an intimate search of a person at any police station in the relevant police area.

(2)Subsection (7) of section 55 of that Act (no intimate search to be carried out by a constable of the opposite sex) shall apply to the exercise by a person to whom this paragraph applies of any power exercisable by virtue of this paragraph as it applies to the exercise of the power in question by a constable.

Fingerprinting without consentU.K.

29Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person—

(a)he shall have, at any police station in the relevant police area, the power of a constable under section 61 of the 1984 Act (fingerprinting) to take fingerprints without the appropriate consent; and

(b)the requirement by virtue of subsection (7A)(a) of that section that a person must be informed by an officer that his fingerprints may be the subject of a speculative search shall be capable of being discharged, in the case of a person at such a station, by his being so informed by the person to whom this paragraph applies.

Warnings about intimate samplesU.K.

30Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, the requirement by virtue of [F6section 62(5)(c)] of the 1984 Act (intimate samples) that a person must be informed by an officer that a sample taken from him may be the subject of a speculative search shall be capable of being discharged, in the case of a person in a police station in the relevant police area, by his being so informed by the person to whom this paragraph applies.

Textual Amendments

F6Words in Sch. 4 para. 30 substituted (7.3.2011) by Crime and Security Act 2010 (c. 17), ss. 4(6), 59(1); S.I. 2011/414, art. 2(b)

Non-intimate samplesU.K.

31Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person—

(a)he shall have the power of a constable under section 63 of the 1984 Act (non-intimate samples), in the case of a person in a police station in the relevant police area, to take a non-intimate sample without the appropriate consent;

(b)the requirement by virtue of subsection (6) of that section (information about authorisation) that a person must be informed by an officer of the matters mentioned in that subsection shall be capable of being discharged, in the case of an authorisation in relation to a person in a police station in the relevant police area, by his being so informed by the person to whom this paragraph applies; and

(c)the requirement by virtue of subsection (8B)(a) of that section that a person must be informed by an officer that a sample taken from him may be the subject of a speculative search shall be capable of being discharged, in the case of a person in such a police station, by his being so informed by the person to whom this paragraph applies.

Attendance at police station for the taking of a sampleU.K.

32Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he shall, as respects any police station in the relevant police area, have the power of a constable under [F7Schedule 2A to the 1984 Act (fingerprinting and samples: power to require attendance at a police station) ] to require a person to attend a police station in order to have a sample taken.

Textual Amendments

F7Words in Sch. 4 para. 32 substituted (7.3.2011) by Crime and Security Act 2010 (c. 17), ss. 6(4)(b), 59(1); S.I. 2011/414, art. 2(e)

Photographing persons in police detentionU.K.

33Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he shall, at police stations in the relevant police area, have the power of a constable under section 64A of the 1984 Act (photographing of suspects etc.) to take a photograph of a person detained at a police station.

Taking of impressions of footwearE+W

[F833AWhere a designation applies this paragraph to any person—

(a)he shall, at any police station in the relevant police area, have the powers of a constable under section 61A of the 1984 Act (impressions of footwear) to take impressions of a person's footwear without the appropriate consent; and

(b)the requirement by virtue of section 61A(5)(a) of the 1984 Act that a person must be informed by an officer that an impression of his footwear may be the subject of a speculative search shall be capable of being discharged, in the case of a person at such a station, by his being so informed by the person to whom this paragraph applies.]

Powers in respect of detained personsE+W

[F933BWhere a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he shall be under a duty, when in the course of his employment he is present at a police station—

(a)to keep under control any person detained at the police station and for whom he is for the time being responsible;

(b)to assist any officer or other designated person to keep any other person detained at the police station under control; and

(c)to prevent the escape of any such person as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b),

and for those purposes shall be entitled to use reasonable force.

Textual Amendments

33CE+WWhere a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he shall be entitled to use reasonable force when—

(a)securing, or assisting an officer or another designated person to secure, the detention of a person detained at a police station in the relevant police area, or

(b)escorting within a police station in the relevant police area, or assisting an officer or another designated person to escort within such a police station, a person detained there.]

Textual Amendments

[F1033DE+WWhere a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he is authorised to carry out the duty under—

(a)section 55 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 of informing a person who is to be subject to an intimate search under that section of the matters of which he is required to be informed in pursuance of subsection (3B) of that section;

(b)section 55A of that Act of informing a person who is to be subject to x-ray or ultrasound (as the case may be) under that section of the matters of which he is required to be informed in pursuance of subsection (3) of that section.]

Textual Amendments

F10Sch. 4 para. 33D inserted (1.1.2006) by Drugs Act 2005 (c. 17), ss. 5(2)(a), 24; S.I. 2005/3053, art. 3(c)

Part 4U.K.Escort Officers

Power to take an arrested person to a police stationE+W

34(1)Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person—

(a)the persons who, in the case of a person arrested by a constable in the relevant police area, are authorised for the purposes of [F11subsection (1A) of section 30] of the 1984 Act (procedure on arrest of person elsewhere than at a police station) to take the person arrested to a police station in that area shall include that person;

(b)that section shall have effect in relation to the exercise by that person of the power conferred by virtue of paragraph (a) as if the references to a constable in subsections (3), (4)(a) and (10) (but not the references in subsections (5) to (9)) included references to that person; and

(c)a person who is taking another person to a police station in exercise of the power conferred by virtue of paragraph (a)—

(i)shall be treated for all purposes as having that person in his lawful custody;

(ii)shall be under a duty [F12to keep the person under control and] to prevent his escape; and

(iii)shall be entitled to use reasonable force to keep that person in his charge [F13and under his control] .

[F14(d)a person who has taken another person to a police station in exercise of the power conferred by virtue of paragraph (a)—

(i)shall be under a duty to remain at the police station until he has transferred control of the other person to the custody officer at the police station;

(ii)until he has so transferred control of the other person, shall be treated for all purposes as having that person in his lawful custody;

(iii)for so long as he is at the police station or in its immediate vicinity in compliance with, or having complied with, his duty under sub-paragraph (i), shall be under a duty to prevent the escape of the other person and to assist in keeping him under control; and

(iv)shall be entitled to use reasonable force for the purpose of complying with his duty under sub-paragraph (iii).]

(2)Without prejudice to any [F15application of] paragraph 26, where a person has another in his lawful custody by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph—

(a)he shall have the same powers under subsections (6A) and (6B) of section 54 of the 1984 Act (non-intimate searches) as a constable has in the case of a person in police detention—

(i)to carry out a search of the other person; and

(ii)to seize or retain, or cause to be seized or retained, anything found on such a search;

(b)subsections (6C) and (9) of that section (restrictions on power to seize personal effects and searches to be carried out by a member of the same sex) shall apply to the exercise by a person to whom this paragraph is applied of any power exercisable by virtue of this sub-paragraph as they apply to the exercise of the power in question by a constable.

Escort of persons in police detentionE+W

35(1)Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, that person may be authorised by the custody officer for any designated police station in the relevant police area to escort a person in police detention—

(a)from that police station to another police station in that or any other police area; or

(b)from that police station to any other place specified by the custody officer and then either back to that police station or on to another police station in that area or in another police area.

(2)Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, that person may be authorised by the custody officer for any designated police station outside the relevant police area to escort a person in police detention—

(a)from that police station to a designated police station in that area; or

(b)from that police station to any place in that area specified by the custody officer and either back to that police station or on to another police station (whether in that area or elsewhere).

(3)A person who is escorting another in accordance with an authorisation under sub-paragraph (1) or (2)—

(a)shall be treated for all purposes as having that person in his lawful custody;

(b)shall be under a duty [F16to keep the person under control and] to prevent his escape; and

(c)shall be entitled to use reasonable force to keep that person in his charge [F17and under his control] .

[F18(3A)A person who has escorted another person to a police station or other place in accordance with an authorisation under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) —

(a)shall be under a duty to remain at the police station or other place until he has transferred control of the other person to a custody officer or other responsible person there;

(b)until he has so transferred control of the other person, shall be treated for all purposes as having that person in his lawful custody;

(c)for so long as he is at the police station or other place, or in its immediate vicinity, in compliance with, or having complied with, his duty under paragraph (a), shall be under a duty to prevent the escape of the other person and to assist in keeping him under control; and

(d)shall be entitled to use reasonable force for the purpose of complying with his duty under paragraph (c).]

(4)Without prejudice to any [F19application of] paragraph 26, where a person has another in his lawful custody by virtue of sub-paragraph (3) of this paragraph—

(a)he shall have the same powers under subsections (6A) and (6B) of section 54 the 1984 Act (non-intimate searches) as a constable has in the case of a person in police detention—

(i)to carry out a search of the other person; and

(ii)to seize or retain, or cause to be seized or retained, anything found on such a search;

(b)subsections (6C) and (9) of that section (restrictions on power to seize personal effects and searches to be carried out by a member of the same sex) shall apply to the exercise by a person to whom this paragraph is applied of any power exercisable by virtue of this sub-paragraph as they apply to the exercise of the power in question by a constable.

(5)Section 39(2) of that Act (responsibilities of custody officer transferred to escort) shall have effect where the custody officer for any police station transfers or permits the transfer of any person to the custody of a person who by virtue of this paragraph has lawful custody outside the police station of the person transferred as it would apply if the person to whom this paragraph applies were a police officer.

F20[F21Part 4A]E+W

Textual Amendments

Prospective

Exercise of functions of custody officersE+W

35A(1)Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, he may (subject to sub-paragraph (2)) perform all the functions of a custody officer under the 1984 Act (except those under section 45A(4) of that Act) and under any other enactment which confers functions on such a custody officer.

(2)But in relation to a police station designated under section 35(1) of the 1984 Act, the person must first also be appointed a custody officer for that police station under section 36(2) of that Act.

(3)A person performing the functions of a custody officer by virtue of a designation under this paragraph (together with, if appropriate, an appointment as such) shall have all the powers and duties of a custody officer.

(4)Except in sections 36 and 45A(4) of the 1984 Act, references in any enactment to a custody officer within the meaning of that Act include references to a person performing the functions of a custody officer by virtue of a designation under this paragraph.

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F1Part 5U.K.Interpretation of Schedule

36(1)In this Schedule “the relevant police area”—E+W

(a)in relation to a [F22person designated] under [F23section 39] by the chief officer of any police force, means the police area for which that force is maintained; F24. . .

(b)F24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F25[F26(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F25(2A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)In Parts 3 and 4 of this Schedule “a designation” means a designation under [F27section 39].]

F28(3A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)Expressions used in this Schedule and in the 1984 Act have the same meanings in this Schedule as in that Act.

Textual Amendments

F22Words in Sch. 4 para. 36(1)(a) substituted (1.12.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 9, 53, Sch. 5 para. 5(12); S.I. 2007/3203, art. 2(c)

F23Words in Sch. 4 para. 36(1)(a) substituted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 15.12.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 12 para. 5(4)(a); S.I. 2017/1139, reg. 2(k) (as amended by S.I. 2017/1162, reg. 2)

F25Sch. 4 para. 36(2)(2A) omitted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 15.12.2017 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 12 para. 5(4)(b); S.I. 2017/1139, reg. 2(k) (as amended by S.I. 2017/1162, reg. 2)

F26Sch. 4 para. 36(2)(2A)(3) substituted for Sch. 4 para. 36(2)(3) (1.12.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 9, 53, Sch. 5 para. 5(13); S.I. 2007/3203, art. 2(c)

F27Words in Sch. 4 para. 36(3) substituted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 15.12.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 12 para. 5(4)(c); S.I. 2017/1139, reg. 2(k) (as amended by S.I. 2017/1162, reg. 2)

F28Sch. 4 para. 36(3A) omitted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 15.12.2017 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 12 para. 5(4)(d); S.I. 2017/1139, reg. 2(k) (as amended by S.I. 2017/1162, reg. 2)