Reading Borough Council Act 2013

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.