any reference to a numbered section or part is to the section or part bearing that number in the Police Act 1997;

any reference to a numbered regulation is to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations;

any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph bearing that number in that regulation; and

any words or expressions used in these Regulations to which meanings are assigned by Part 5 of the Police Act 1997 have the same meanings as in that Part of that Act.