{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-and-social-responsibility-act-2011/schedule-16/paragraph-292",
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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/292",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "292",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 38 (police powers for police authority employees) is amended in accordance with this paragraph.\n(2) In the title, for “police authority employees” substitute “civilian staff”.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) In subsection (7), for “An employee of a police authority” substitute “A relevant employee”.\n(5) After subsection (9) insert—\n“(11) In this section “relevant employee” means—\n(a) in the case of—\n(i) a police force maintained for a police area in accordance with section 2 of the Police Act 1996, or\n(ii) the police force maintained for the metropolitan police district in accordance with section 5A of that Act,\na member of the civilian staff of that police force (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011);\n(b) in the case of any other police force, a person who—\n(i) is employed by the police authority maintaining that force, and\n(ii) is under the direction and control of the chief officer making a designation under subsection (1).”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 292(3) 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. 27; S.I. 2017/1139, reg. 2(k) (as amended by S.I. 2017/1162, reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 292 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"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/schedule/16/paragraph/292",
    "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."
}