Legislation – Policing and Crime Act 2017
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Part 3Police workforce and representative institutions
CHAPTER 1Police workforce
Powers of police civilian staff and volunteers
41Police volunteers: complaints and disciplinary matters
(1)
In section 12 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (complaints, matters and persons to which Part 2 of the Act applies), in subsection (7)
(what it means to be a person serving with the police)—
(a)
omit the “or” at the end of paragraph (b);
(b)
“; or
(d)
he is a person designated as a community support volunteer or a policing support volunteer under section 38.”
(2)
(as inserted by section 32), after sub-paragraph (iii) insert—
“(iv)
persons designated as community support volunteers or policing support volunteers under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002;”.
(3)
In section 87A of the Police Act 1996 (guidance concerning conduct etc)
(as inserted by section 32), in subsection (1)—
(a)
omit the “and” at the end of paragraph (b);
(b)
“, and
(d)
persons designated as community support volunteers or policing support volunteers under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002.”
(4)
(as inserted by section 31), after paragraph (iii) insert—
“(iiia)
a person designated as a community support volunteer or a policing support volunteer under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002,”.