Police Reform Act 2002 SCHEDULE 3B — Designations under section 38

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Part 1 — Excluded powers and duties of constables

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Any power or duty of a constable to make an arrest.

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Any power or duty of a constable to stop and search an individual or a vehicle or other thing.

The power of a constable, under section 36(4) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, to perform the functions of a custody officer at a designated police station if a custody officer is not readily available to perform them.

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The power of a constable, under section 55(6) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 , to conduct an intimate search if an officer of at least the rank of inspector considers under section 55(5) of that Act that an intimate search by a suitably qualified person is not practicable.

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Any power that is exercisable only by a constable of a particular rank.

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Any power of a constable under— (a) the Terrorism Act 2000; (b) the Terrorism Act 2006; (c) the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008; (d) the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011; (e) the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015.

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Any power of a constable under the National Security Act 2023 .

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The power of a constable to make an application on behalf of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis under section 19 or 21 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (applications for warrants under Chapter 1 of Part 2 of that Act).

Part 2 — Application of legislation

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(1) Where a power or duty of a constable is conferred or imposed on a person designated under section 38— (a) a reference to a constable (however expressed) in legislation relating to the power or duty includes a reference to the person designated under section 38; (b) a reference in legislation to anything done in the exercise or purported exercise of the power, or in the performance or purported performance of the duty, includes a reference to anything done in the exercise or purported exercise of the power, or the performance or purported performance of the duty, by the person designated under section 38. (2) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for legislation relating to a power or duty of a constable specified in the regulations to apply in relation to a person designated under section 38 in a way that modifies or supplements the effect of sub-paragraph (1). (3) In this paragraph, “ legislation ” means any provision of— (a) an Act; (b) subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978; (c) a Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales or an instrument made under a Measure or Act of that Assembly.

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