88Enforcement officersU.K.
(1)For the purposes of sections 89 to 92 enforcement officers are—
(a)persons authorised by the Secretary of State or OFCOM to exercise the powers conferred by sections 89 and 90;
(b)police officers;
(c)commissioned officers of Her Majesty's armed forces;
(d)officers of Revenue and Customs; and
(e)other persons who are British sea-fishery officers by virtue of section 7(1) of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c. 77).
(2)A reference in sections 89 to 92, in relation to an enforcement officer, to an assistant is a reference to a person assigned to assist the enforcement officer in his duties.
(3)In this section “armed forces” means the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines, the regular army and the regular air force, and a reserve or auxiliary force of any of those services that has been called out on permanent service or embodied.