55Members of the ConstabularyE+W+S
(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.
[F1(5)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.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 55(5) inserted (12.3.2010) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), s. 116(1), Sch. 7 para. 11; S.I. 2010/507, art. 4(c)
Commencement Information
I1S. 55 in force at 1.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/877, art. 2(1), Sch. 1