Explanatory note

This Order applies the provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Police Reform Act 2002 listed in the Schedule to every person who is designated as a community support officer under section 38 of that Act. The powers and duties contained within these provisions are known as the standard powers and duties of a community support officer.

Article 3 sets out the offences which a community support officer is designated to enforce under paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Police Reform Act 2002 (powers to issue fixed penalty notices).