# English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026, Section 82: Enforcement officers

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

(1) In the licence suspension provisions, “enforcement officer” means a person appointed or authorised by a licensing authority in England (the “appointing licensing authority”) to carry out functions conferred by those provisions on behalf of that authority.
(2) Accordingly—
(a) functions expressed in the licence suspension provisions as functions of enforcement officers are functions of the appointing licensing authority that are exercisable on that authority’s behalf by the officers appointed or authorised by that authority in accordance with subsection (1), and
(b) a reference to a licensing authority in section 83 includes a reference to an enforcement officer.
(3) Where a function is expressed as a function of the enforcement officer who gave a suspension notice, that function may instead be exercised by any other enforcement officer appointed or authorised by the appointing licensing authority.
(4) The Secretary of State may make regulations providing for the issue and use of documents, clothing or badges or other marks to identify persons as enforcement officers.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/23/section/82 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/section-82
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