Part 1The Civil Nuclear Industry
Chapter 3Civil Nuclear Constabulary
Civil Nuclear Constabulary
I155Members of the Constabulary
1
The Police Authority may appoint persons to be members of the Constabulary.
2
Members of the Constabulary are to be employees of the Police Authority and (apart from the chief constable himself) under the direction and control of the chief constable.
3
A person appointed as a member of the Constabulary must, on appointment—
a
be attested as a constable by making the required declaration before a justice of the peace in England and Wales; or
b
make the required declaration before a sheriff or a justice of the peace in Scotland.
4
The required declaration is—
a
in the case of a declaration before a justice of the peace in England and Wales, the declaration required by section 29 of the Police Act 1996 (c. 16) in the case of a member of a police force maintained under that Act; and
b
in the case of a declaration before a sheriff or a justice of the peace in Scotland, a declaration faithfully to execute the duties of the office of a member of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary.
F15
Subsection (2) is subject to any provision included in a police force collaboration agreement by virtue of section 23(4) of the Police Act 1996.