{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reading-borough-council-act-2013/section-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reading-borough-council-act-2013/section-15.json",
  "legislation": "ukla/2013/4",
  "legislation_title": "Reading Borough Council Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reading-borough-council-act-2013",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Powers of community support officers",
  "text": "(1) Where a designation applies paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the 2002 Act (community support officers: power to issue fixed penalty notices) to any person that person shall have the power of an authorised officer or a constable to give a fixed penalty notice under section 7(1) in relation to any individual who he has reason to believe has committed a relevant offence or an offence under section 6 at a place within the area of the council.\n(2) Arelevant offence (within the meaning of this Act) and an offence under section 6 shall be treated as a relevant offence for the purposes of the following provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the 2002 Act (community support officers)—\n(a) paragraph 1A (power to require name and address);\n(b) paragraph 2 (power to detain, etc);\n(c) paragraph 4 (power to use reasonable force to detain person).\n(3) In this section—\n“the 2002 Act” means the Police Reform Act 2002;\n“designation” means a designation under section 38 of the 2002 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2013/4/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:44:56.131211+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."
}