[F11A Power of Secretary of State to add to relevant authoritiesE+W
[F2(1)]The Secretary of State may by order provide that the chief officer of a body of constables maintained otherwise than by a [F3local policing body] is, in such cases and circumstances as may be prescribed by the order, to be a relevant authority for the purposes of section 1 above.
[F4(2)The Secretary of State may by order—
(a)provide that a person or body of any other description specified in the order is, in such cases and circumstances as may be prescribed by the order, to be a relevant authority for the purposes of such of sections 1 above and 1B, 1CA and 1E below as are specified in the order; and
(b)prescribe the description of persons who are to be “relevant persons” in relation to that person or body.]]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 1A inserted (2.12.2002) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), s. 62(1); S.I. 2002/2750, art. 2(a)(vii)
F2S. 1A renumbered as s. 1A(1) (1.7.2005) by virtue of Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 139(3), 178(8); S.I. 2005/1521, art. 3(1)(s)
F3Words in s. 1A(1) substituted (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), ss. 99, 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 232; S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1 (as amended by S.I. 2012/75, art. 2(2)(d))
F4S. 1A(2) added (1.7.2005) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 139(3), 178(8); S.I. 2005/1521, art. 3(1)(s)