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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.