{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996/section-53F",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996/section-53F.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/16",
  "legislation_title": "Police Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996",
  "path": "section/53F",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "53F",
  "heading": "Guidance about designated police volunteers",
  "text": "(1) The College of Policing may issue guidance to chief officers of police about—\n(a) the experience or qualifications that it would be appropriate for a person to have before being designated as a community support volunteer or a policing support volunteer under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002;\n(b) the training to be undertaken by a person before being so designated or after being so designated.\n(2) The College may from time to time revise the whole or any part of any guidance issued under this section.\n(3) The College must publish any guidance issued under this section and any revision of it.\n(4) Each chief officer of police must have regard to guidance issued under this section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 53F inserted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 15.12.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), ss. 40(1), 183(1)(5)(e); S.I. 2017/1139, reg. 2(f) (as amended by S.I. 2017/1162, reg. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/16/section/53F",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:17.766939+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}