s 39 Public path wardens
39.—(1) The Authority may, in relation to any provision of this Act, appoint —(a) any auxiliary police officer appointed under the Police Force Act 2004; or (b) any employee of a public authority (but not a Town Council), with the suitable training to properly exercise the powers of a public path warden to be a public path warden for the purposes of that provision. (2) The Authority may, for any reason that appears to it to be sufficient, at any time revoke an individual’s appointment as a public path warden. (3) An individual mentioned in subsection (1) who is appointed as a public path warden does not, by virtue only of the appointment, become an employee or agent of the Authority.