Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022

PART 1 U.K. Authorised persons in relation to all purposes within section 37 or 41

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 Pt. 1 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 208(1)

I2 Sch. 3 Pt. 1 in force at 8.11.2022 by S.I. 2022/1075, reg. 5(h)

• A constable of a police force in England and Wales.

• A member of staff appointed by the chief officer of police of a police force in England and Wales.

• An employee of the Common Council of the City of London who is under the direction and control of a chief officer of police.

• A constable within the meaning of Part 1 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8) (see section 99 of that Act).

• A member of staff appointed by the Scottish Police Authority under section 26(1) of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012.

• A police officer within the meaning of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (see section 77(1) of that Act).

• A constable of the British Transport Police Force.

• An employee of the British Transport Police Authority appointed under section 27 of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003.

• A constable of the Ministry of Defence police.

• A National Crime Agency officer.

• [F1 A member of the Royal Navy Police, the Royal Military Police or the Royal Air Force Police.]

• A person who has been engaged to provide services consisting of or including the extraction of information from electronic devices for the purposes of the exercise of functions by a person listed in this Part of this Schedule.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 1 inserted (26.5.2023) by The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Extraction of information from electronic devices) (Amendment of Schedule 3) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/575), regs. 1(1), 2(2)