Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/30/part/4/chapter/1/2010-01-29?timeline=true
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Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 4', 'art. 4', 'art. 4', 'art. 4', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 4', 'art. 4', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 4', 'art. 4', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 12', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 12', 'art. 12', 'art. 3', 'art. 4', 'art. 4', 'art. 4', 'art. 4', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 4', 'art. 4', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 4', 'art. 4', 'art. 4', 'art. 4', 'art. 3', 'art. 3']

Chapter 1 U.K.Exercise of police powers etc. by civilians
38 Police powers for police authority employeesE+W
(4)A chief officer of police F2. . . shall not designate a person under this section unless he is satisfied that that person—
(c)has received adequate training in the carrying out of those functions and in the exercise and performance of the powers and duties to be conferred [F3or imposed] on him by virtue of the designation.
[F4(5A)A person designated under this section as a community support officer shall also have the standard powers and duties of a community support officer (see section 38A(2)).]
[F5(5B)The reference in subsection (4)(c) to the powers and duties to be conferred or imposed on a person by virtue of his designation, so far as it is a reference to the standard powers and duties of a community support officer, is a reference to the powers and duties that at the time of the person's designation are the standard powers and duties of a community support officer.]
[F6(6A)Subsection (6) has effect subject to subsections (5A) and (8).]
(7)An employee of a police authority F7. . . authorised or required to do anything by virtue of a designation under this section—
F1S. 38(3) repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 174, 178, Sch. 4 para. 181(2), Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 12, 13(oo) (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))
F2Words in s. 38(4) repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 174, 178, Sch. 4 para. 181(3), Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 12, 13(oo) (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))
F3Words in s. 38(4)(c) inserted (1.12.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 9, 53, Sch. 5 para. 2(2); S.I. 2007/3203, art. 2(c)
F4S. 38(5A) inserted (1.12.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 7(1), 53; S.I. 2007/3203, art. 2(a)
F5S. 38(5B) inserted (1.12.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 9, 53, Sch. 5 para. 2(3); S.I. 2007/3202, art. 2(c)
F6S. 38(6A) inserted (1.12.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 9, 53, Sch. 5 para. 2(4); S.I. 2007/3203, art. 2(c)
F7Words in s. 38(7) repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 174, 178, Sch. 4 para. 181(4), Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 12, 13(oo) (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))
[F838AStandard powers and duties of community support officersE+W
(6)If an order under subsection (1) confers or imposes additional powers and duties on a person who is under the direction and control of a chief officer of police of a police force, that chief officer must ensure that the person receives adequate training in the exercise and performance of the additional powers and duties.]
F8S. 38A inserted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 7(2), 53; S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(e) (subject to arts. 6, 7)
39 Police powers for contracted-out staffE+W
[F9(a)the Association of Police Authorities;
(b)the Association of Chief Police Officers;]
F9S. 39(11)(a)(b) substituted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 6, 53, Sch. 4 para. 13; S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(d)
C2S. 39 applied (with modifications) (1.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 28(1)(b)(2), 120 (with s. 72); S.I. 2004/1572, art. 3(k)
I1S. 39 wholly in force at 1.4.2003; s. 39 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 108(2); s. 39(9)(10)(11)(a)(b) and (d) in force at 1.10.2002 by S.I. 2002/2306, art. 2(d)(i); s. 39 in force in so far as not already in force at 1.4.2003 by S.I. 2003/808, art. 2(b)
40 Community safety accreditation schemesE+W
[F10(4A)A chief officer of police may not grant accreditation under this section to a weights and measures inspector.]
F10S. 41(4A) inserted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 52, 53, Sch. 14 para. 42; S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(p) (subject to arts. 6, 7)
[F1141AAccreditation of weights and measures inspectorsE+W
(8)An accreditation under this section shall cease to have effect if the accredited inspector ceases to hold office as a weights and measures inspector.]
F11S. 41A inserted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 15(1), 53; S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(k) (subject to arts. 6, 7)
[F1241BPower to apply accreditation provisionsE+W
(3)No order shall be made under this section unless a draft of it has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.]
F12S. 41B inserted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 16, 53; S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(l); (subject to arts. 6, 7)
42 Supplementary provisions relating to designations and accreditationsE+W
[F13(A1)A person who exercises or performs any power or duty in relation to any person in reliance on his designation under section 38 as a community support officer, or who purports to do so, shall produce to that person evidence of his designation, if requested to do so.
(B1)A person who exercises or performs any non-standard power or non-standard duty in relation to any person in reliance on his designation under section 38 as a community support officer, or who purports to do so, shall produce to that person evidence that the power or duty has been conferred or imposed on him, if requested to do so.
(C1)For the purposes of subsection (B1), a power or duty is “non-standard” if it is not one of the standard powers and duties of a community support officer.]
(1)A person who exercises or performs any power or duty in relation to any person in reliance on his designation under section 38 or 39 or his accreditation under section 41 [F14or 41A] , or who purports to do so, shall produce that designation or accreditation to that person, if requested to do so.
[F15(1A)Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who exercises or performs any power or duty in reliance on his designation under section 38 as a community support officer, or who purports to do so.]
(2)A power exercisable by any person in reliance on his designation by a chief officer of police under section 38 or 39 or his accreditation under section 41 shall [F16, subject to subsection (2A),] be exercisable only by a person wearing such uniform as may be—
[F17(2A)A police officer of or above the rank of inspector may direct a particular investigating officer not to wear a uniform for the purposes of a particular operation; and if he so directs, subsection (2) shall not apply in relation to that investigating officer for the purposes of that operation.
(2B)In subsection (2A), “investigating officer” means a person designated as an investigating officer under section 38 by the chief officer of police of the same force as the officer giving the direction.]
(3)A chief officer of police who has granted a designation or accreditation to any person under section 38, 39 or 41 [F18or an accreditation to any weights and measures inspector under section 41A] may at any time, by notice to the designated or accredited person [F19or the accredited inspector] , modify or withdraw that designation or accreditation.
[F21(6A)Where the accreditation of a weights and measures inspector under section 41A is modified or withdrawn, the chief officer giving notice of the modification or withdrawal shall send a copy of the notice to the local weights and measures authority by which the inspector was appointed.]
[F22(11)For the purposes of determining liability for the unlawful conduct of weights and measures inspectors, conduct by such an inspector in reliance or purported reliance on an accreditation under section 41A shall be taken to be conduct in the course of his duties as a weights and measures inspector; and, in the case of a tort, the local weights and measures authority by which he was appointed shall fall to be treated as a joint tortfeasor accordingly.]
F13S. 42(A1)-(C1) inserted (1.12.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 9, 53, Sch. 5 para. 3(2); S.I. 2007/3203, art. 2(c)
F14Words in s. 42(1) inserted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 52, 53, Sch. 14 para. 43(2); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(p) (subject to arts. 6,7)
F15S. 42(1A) inserted (1.12.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 9, 53, Sch. 5 para. 3(3); S.I. 2007/3203, art. 2(c)
F16Words in s. 42(2) inserted (1.7.2005 for certain purposes and 1.8.2005 otherwise) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 122(2)(a), 178; S.I. 2005/1521, art. 3(1)(h); S.I. 2005/2026, art. 2(d)
F17S. 42(2A)(2B) inserted (1.7.2005 for certain purposes and 1.8.2005 otherwise) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 122(2)(b), 178; S.I. 2005/1521, art. 3(1)(h); S.I. 2005/2026, art. 2(d)
F18Words in s. 42(3) inserted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 52, 53, Sch. 14 para. 43(3)(a); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(p) (subject to arts. 6, 7)
F19Words in s. 42(3) inserted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 52, 53, Sch. 14 para. 43(3)(b); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(p) (subject to arts. 6, 7)
F20S. 42(4)(8) repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 174, 178, Sch. 4 para. 182, Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 12, 13(oo) (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))
F21S. 42(6A) inserted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 52, 53, Sch. 14 para. 43(4); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(p) (subject to arts. 6, 7)
F22S. 42(11) inserted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 52, 53, Sch. 14 para. 43(5); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(p) (subject to arts. 6, 7)
C3S. 42 applied (with modifications) (1.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 28(1)(c)(2), 120 (with s. 72); S.I. 2004/1572, art. 3(k)
[F23(2)A railway safety accreditation scheme is a scheme for the exercise, within a place specified in section 31(1)(a) to (f) of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 in England and Wales, by persons accredited by the chief constable of the British Transport Police Force under the scheme, of the powers conferred on those persons by their accreditation under that scheme.]
[F24(a)the Association of Chief Police Officers;]
[F25(c)the Association of Police Authorities;]
(d)the [F26British Transport Police Authority] ;
F23S. 43(2) substituted (1.7.2004) by The British Transport Police (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1573), art. 12(7)(a)
F24S. 43(9)(a) substituted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 6, 53, Sch. 4 para. 14(a); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(d) (subject to arts. 6, 7)
F25S. 43(9)(c) substituted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 6, 53, Sch. 4 para. 14(b); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(d) (subject to arts. 6, 7)
F26Words in s. 43(9)(d) substituted (1.7.2004) by The British Transport Police (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1573), art. 12(7)(b)
F27S. 43(10): definition of "policed premises" repealed (1.7.2004) by The British Transport Police (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1573), art. 12(7)(c)
C4S. 43 amended (1.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 73, 120, Sch. 5 para. 4 (with s. 72); S.I. 2004/1572, art. 3(jjj)
44 Removal of restriction on powers conferred on traffic wardensE+W
(3)In subsection (3)(traffic wardens not to be given the powers of a constable under sections 163, 164(1), (2) and (6) and 165 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 except for the purposes of exercising them in the circumstances specified in that subsection)—
45 Code of practice relating to chief officers’ powers under Chapter 1U.K.
(1)The Secretary of State shall issue a code of practice about the exercise and performance by chief officers of police F28. . . of their powers and duties under this Chapter.
(a)F29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F30(c)the Association of Police Authorities;]
(d)F29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e)F29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F31(f)the Association of Chief Police Officers;]
(5)In discharging any function to which a code of practice under this section relates, a chief officer of police F32. . . shall have regard to the code.
F28Words in s. 45(1) repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 174, 178, Sch. 4 para. 183(2), Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 12, 13(oo) (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))
F29S. 45(3)(a)(b)(d)(e) repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 174, 178, Sch. 4 para. 183(3), Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 12, 13(oo) (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))
F30S. 45(3)(c) substituted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 6, 53, Sch. 4 para. 15(a); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(d) (subject to arts. 6, 7)
F31S. 45(3)(f) substituted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 6, 53, Sch. 4 para. 15(b); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(d) (subject to arts. 6, 7)
F32Words in s. 45(5) repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 174, 178, Sch. 4 para. 183(4), Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 12, 13(oo) (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))
C5S. 45 applied (with modifications) (1.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 28(1)(d)(2), 120 (with s. 72); S.I. 2004/1572, art. 3(k)
[F33(ba)an accredited inspector in the execution of his duty,] or
(c)a person assisting a designated or accredited person [F34or an accredited inspector] in the execution of his duty,
[F35(ba)an accredited inspector in the execution of his duty,] or
(a)impersonates a designated person [F36, an accredited person or an accredited inspector] ,
(b)makes any statement or does any act calculated falsely to suggest that he is a designated person [F37, that he is an accredited person or that he is an accredited inspector] , or
(c)makes any statement or does any act calculated falsely to suggest that he has powers as a designated or accredited person [F38or as an accredited inspector] that exceed the powers he actually has,
(4)In this section references to the execution by a designated person [F39, accredited person or accredited inspector] of his duty are references to his exercising any power or performing any duty which is his by virtue of his designation or accreditation.
F33S. 46(1)(ba) inserted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 52, 53, Sch. 14 para. 44(2)(a); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(p) (subject to arts. 6, 7)
F34Words in s. 46(1)(c)(2)(c) inserted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 52, 53, Sch. 14 para. 44(2)(b); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(p) (subject to arts. 6, 7)
F35S. 46(2)(ba) inserted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 52, 53, Sch. 14 para. 44(2)(a); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(p) (subject to arts. 6, 7)
F36Words in s. 46(3)(a) substituted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 52, 53, Sch. 14 para. 44(3)(a); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(p) (subject to arts. 6, 7)
F37Words in s. 46(3)(b) substituted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 52, 53, Sch. 14 para. 44(3)(b); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(p) (subject to arts. 6, 7)
F38Words in s. 46(3)(c) inserted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 52, 53, Sch. 14 para. 44(3)(c); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(p) (subject to arts. 6, 7)
F39Words in s. 46(4) substituted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 52, 53, Sch. 14 para. 44(4); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(p) (subject to arts. 6, 7)
C6S. 46 applied (with modifications) (1.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 28(1)(e)(2), 120 (with s. 72); S.I. 2004/1572, art. 3(k)
47 Interpretation of Chapter 1U.K.
[F40“accredited inspector” means a weights and measures inspector in relation to whom an accreditation under section 41A is for the time being in force;]
[F43“weights and measures inspector” means an inspector of weights and measures appointed under section 72(1) of the Weights and Measures Act 1985.]
F40S. 47(1): definition of "accredited inspector" inserted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 52, 53, Sch. 14 para. 45; S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(p) (subject to arts. 6, 7)
F41S. 47(1): definition of "Director General" repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 174, 178, Sch. 4 para. 184, Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 12, 13(oo) (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))
F42S. 47(1): definition of "Service Authority" repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 174, 178, Sch. 4 para. 184, Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 12, 13(oo) (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))
F43S. 47(1): definition of "weights and measures inspector" inserted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 52, 53, Sch. 14 para. 45; S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(p) (subject to arts. 6, 7)
C7S. 47 applied (with modifications) (1.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 28(1)(f)(2), 120 (with s. 72); S.I. 2004/1572, art. 3(k)