# Reading Borough Council Act 2013, Section 15: Powers of community support officers


(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.
(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)—
(a) paragraph 1A (power to require name and address);
(b) paragraph 2 (power to detain, etc);
(c) paragraph 4 (power to use reasonable force to detain person).
(3) In this section—
“the 2002 Act” means the Police Reform Act 2002;
“designation” means a designation under section 38 of the 2002 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2013/4/section/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/reading-borough-council-act-2013/section-15
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