19 Jurisdiction of constables.E+W
(1)A member of a police force shall have all the powers and privileges of a constable throughout England and Wales.
(2)A special constable shall have all the powers and privileges of a constable in the police area for which he is appointed.
[F1(3)Without prejudice to subsection (2) above, a special constable appointed for any police area shall have all the powers and privileges of a constable—
(a)in the case of a police area other than the City of London, in any other police area which is contiguous to his own police area;
(b)in the case of the City of London, in the metropolitan police district and in any area which is contiguous to that district.]
(4)A special constable who is for the time being required by virtue of section 13 or section 14 of this Act to serve with another police force shall have all the powers and privileges of a constable in any area in which special constables appointed for the area for which that force is maintained have those powers and privileges under this section.
(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
(6)This section is without prejudice to [F3section 18 of the M1Police (Scotland) Act 1967] (execution of warrants in border counties of England and Scotland) and to any other enactment conferring powers on constables for particular purposes.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77), Sch. 4
F3S. 19(3) substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 196(5)
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