Part 1 Authorised persons in relation to all purposes within section 37 or 41I1 I2

United Kingdom

A constable of a police force in England and Wales.
A member of staff appointed by the chief officer of police of a police force in England and Wales.
An employee of the Common Council of the City of London who is under the direction and control of a chief officer of police.
A constable within the meaning of Part 1 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8) (see section 99 of that Act).
A member of staff appointed by the Scottish Police Authority under section 26(1) of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012.
A police officer within the meaning of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (see section 77(1) of that Act).
A constable of the British Transport Police Force.
An employee of the British Transport Police Authority appointed under section 27 of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003.
A constable of the Ministry of Defence police.
A National Crime Agency officer.
F1A member of the Royal Navy Police, the Royal Military Police or the Royal Air Force Police.
A person who has been engaged to provide services consisting of or including the extraction of information from electronic devices for the purposes of the exercise of functions by a person listed in this Part of this Schedule.

Annotations

F1: Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 1 inserted (26.5.2023) by The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Extraction of information from electronic devices) (Amendment of Schedule 3) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/575), regs. 1(1), 2(2)