C1Part 5Work
Chapter 1Employment, etc.
Police officers
43Interpretation
1
This section applies for the purposes of section 42.
2
“Chief officer” means—
a
in relation to an appointment under a relevant Act, the chief officer of police for the police force to which the appointment relates;
b
in relation to any other appointment, the person under whose direction and control the body of constables or other persons to which the appointment relates is;
c
in relation to a constable or other person under the direction and control of a chief officer of police, that chief officer of police;
d
in relation to any other constable or any other person, the person under whose direction and control the constable or other person is.
3
“Responsible authority” means—
a
in relation to an appointment under a relevant Act, the police authority that maintains the police force to which the appointment relates;
b
in relation to any other appointment, the person by whom a person would (if appointed) be paid;
c
in relation to a constable or other person under the direction and control of a chief officer of police, the police authority that maintains the police force for which that chief officer is the chief officer of police;
d
in relation to any other constable or any other person, the person by whom the constable or other person is paid.
4
“Police cadet” means a person appointed to undergo training with a view to becoming a constable.
5
“SOCA” means the Serious Organised Crime Agency; and a reference to a constable at SOCA is a reference to a constable seconded to it to serve as a member of its staff.
6
“SPSA” means the Scottish Police Services Authority; and a reference to a constable at SPSA is a reference to a constable—
a
seconded to it to serve as a member of its staff, and
b
not at SCDEA.
7
“SCDEA” means the Scottish Crime and Drugs Enforcement Agency; and a reference to a constable at SCDEA is a reference to a constable who is a police member of it by virtue of paragraph 7(2)(a) or (b) of Schedule 2 to the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 10) (secondment).
8
For the purposes of this section, the relevant Acts are—
a
the Metropolitan Police Act 1829;
b
the City of London Police Act 1839;
c
the Police (Scotland) Act 1967;
d
the Police Act 1996.
9
A reference in subsection (2) or (3) to a chief officer of police includes, in relation to Scotland, a reference to a chief constable.
Pt. 5 applied (1.8.2011) by the Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1771), regs. 3-5