{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-act-2002/schedule-4/paragraph-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-act-2002/schedule-4/paragraph-36.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/30",
  "legislation_title": "Police Reform Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-act-2002",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/36",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In this Schedule “the relevant police area”—\n(a) in relation to a person designated under section 39 by the chief officer of any police force, means the police area for which that force is maintained; . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) In Parts 3 and 4 of this Schedule “a designation” means a designation under section 39.\n(3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) Expressions used in this Schedule and in the 1984 Act have the same meanings in this Schedule as in that Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 36(1)(a) substituted (1.12.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 9, 53, Sch. 5 para. 5(12); S.I. 2007/3203, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 36(1)(a) substituted (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), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 12 para. 5(4)(a); S.I. 2017/1139, reg. 2(k) (as amended by S.I. 2017/1162, reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 36(1)(b) and preceding word repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 174, 178, Sch. 4 para. 190, Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 12, 13(oo) (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 36(2)(2A) omitted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 15.12.2017 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 12 para. 5(4)(b); S.I. 2017/1139, reg. 2(k) (as amended by S.I. 2017/1162, reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 36(2)(2A)(3) substituted for Sch. 4 para. 36(2)(3) (1.12.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 9, 53, Sch. 5 para. 5(13); S.I. 2007/3203, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 36(3) substituted (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), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 12 para. 5(4)(c); S.I. 2017/1139, reg. 2(k) (as amended by S.I. 2017/1162, reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 36(3A) omitted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 15.12.2017 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 12 para. 5(4)(d); S.I. 2017/1139, reg. 2(k) (as amended by S.I. 2017/1162, reg. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/30/schedule/4/paragraph/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:50.998378+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."
}