# Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, Paragraph 292

Extent: E+W

(1) Section 38 (police powers for police authority employees) is amended in accordance with this paragraph.
(2) In the title, for “police authority employees” substitute “civilian staff”.
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(4) In subsection (7), for “An employee of a police authority” substitute “A relevant employee”.
(5) After subsection (9) insert—
“(11) In this section “relevant employee” means—
(a) in the case of—
(i) a police force maintained for a police area in accordance with section 2 of the Police Act 1996, or
(ii) the police force maintained for the metropolitan police district in accordance with section 5A of that Act,
a member of the civilian staff of that police force (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011);
(b) in the case of any other police force, a person who—
(i) is employed by the police authority maintaining that force, and
(ii) is under the direction and control of the chief officer making a designation under subsection (1).”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/schedule/16/paragraph/292 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-and-social-responsibility-act-2011/schedule-16/paragraph-292
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