SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 16Police reform: minor and consequential amendments
Part 3Other enactments
Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988
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1
In the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, section 79 (statements by constables) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (2), for “by the police authority” substitute “
as a civilian police employee
”
.
3
After subsection (5), insert—
5A
For the purposes of subsection (2), a person is employed as a civilian police employee for a police area if—
a
in the case of a police area listed in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996, the person is a member of the civilian staff of the police force (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011) maintained for that area;
b
in the case of the metropolitan police district, the person is a member of the civilian staff of the metropolitan police force (within the meaning of that Part of that Act);
c
in the case of the City of London, the person is employed by the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as police authority.