Article 2 Legal Services

The provision of legal services^f1 by a police authority shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it consists of legal work carried out in connection with any of the following:

(a)

investigation or prosecution of a criminal offence;

(b)

handling a complaint in pursuance of Part IX of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984^f2;

(c)

proceedings in relation to a disciplinary offence, or unsatisfactory performance, by a member of a police force;

(d)

the discharge of a constable during or at the end of his period of probation;

(e)

the discharge of the functions of any constable or chief officer of police in pursuance of any enactment or instrument mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Order.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: The provision of legal services is a defined activity by virtue of the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Defined Activities) Order 1994, S.I. 1994/2884.
f2: 1984 c. 60, amended by sections 34 to 38 of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29).