16(1)Section 15 (civilian employees) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)For subsection (2) (civilians employed by police authority to be under direction and control of chief officer of police) there is substituted—
“(2)A police authority shall exercise its powers under section 101 (and section 107) of the Local Government Act 1972 so as to secure that, subject to section 24(3A), any person employed by the authority under this section solely to assist the police force maintained by the authority is under the direction and control of the chief officer of police of that force.”
(3)Subsection (3) (power to agree or determine exceptions to section 15(2)) is omitted.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 16 in force at 1.4.2007 by S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(c) (with arts. 6, 7)