SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 16Police reform: minor and consequential amendments
Part 3Other enactments
Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
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1
In the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, section 51A (application of Part to police) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (2)—
a
in paragraph (a), for “means the chief officer of police” substitute
means—
i
the chief officer of police of that force, or
ii
in the case of a member of the force or a special constable who is, by virtue of a collaboration agreement under section 22A of the Police Act 1996, under the direction and control of a chief officer (within the meaning given by section 23I of that Act), that chief officer,
b
in paragraph (c), for “means the person who has the direction and control of the body of constables or cadets in question” substitute
means—
i
the person who has the direction and control of the body of constables or cadets in question, or
ii
in the case of a constable who is, by virtue of a collaboration agreement under section 22A of the Police Act 1996, under the direction and control of a chief officer (within the meaning given by section 23I of that Act), that chief officer.
3
In subsection (2A), after “shall” insert “
, if not a corporation sole,
”
.