Part 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—

b

the City of London Police Act 1839;

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.