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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-and-social-responsibility-act-2011/schedule-16/paragraph-198",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2011/13",
  "legislation_title": "Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-and-social-responsibility-act-2011",
  "path": "schedule/16/paragraph/198",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "198",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, section 79 (statements by constables) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (2), for “by the police authority” substitute “ as a civilian police employee ”.\n(3) After subsection (5), insert—\n“(5A) For the purposes of subsection (2), a person is employed as a civilian police employee for a police area if—\n(a) in the case of a police area listed in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996, the person is a member of the civilian staff of the police force (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011) maintained for that area;\n(b) in the case of the metropolitan police district, the person is a member of the civilian staff of the metropolitan police force (within the meaning of that Part of that Act);\n(c) in the case of the City of London, the person is employed by the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as police authority.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 198 in force at 16.1.2012 by S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/18",
      "affecting_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/schedule/16/paragraph/198",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:27.716276+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."
}