Policing and Crime Act 2017

41 Police volunteers: complaints and disciplinary matters

(1) In section 12 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (complaints, matters and persons to which Part 2 of the Act applies), in subsection (7) (what it means to be a person serving with the police)—

(a) omit the “or” at the end of paragraph (b);

(b) at the end of paragraph (c) insert “; or

(d) he is a person designated as a community support volunteer or a policing support volunteer under section 38.”

(2) In section 87 of the Police Act 1996 (guidance concerning disciplinary proceedings etc), in subsection (4A)(a) (as inserted by section 32), after sub-paragraph (iii) insert—

“(iv) persons designated as community support volunteers or policing support volunteers under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002;”.

(3) In section 87A of the Police Act 1996 (guidance concerning conduct etc) (as inserted by section 32), in subsection (1)—

(a) omit the “and” at the end of paragraph (b);

(b) at the end of paragraph (c) insert “, and

(d) persons designated as community support volunteers or policing support volunteers under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002.”

(4) In Schedule 6 to the Police Act 1996 (appeals to Police Appeals Tribunals), in paragraph 10(aa) (as inserted by section 31), after paragraph (iii) insert—

“(iiia) a person designated as a community support volunteer or a policing support volunteer under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002,”.