Police Reform Act 2002

• (c) for so long as the CSO or CSV remains at the police station or in its immediate vicinity (whether before control of the person is transferred or afterwards), the CSO or CSV is under a duty to prevent the person's escape and to assist in keeping the person under control.

• (7) A person who—

• (a) makes off while subject to a requirement under sub-paragraph (1) or (3), or

• (b) makes off while accompanying a CSO or CSV to a police station in accordance with an election under sub-paragraph (4),

is guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

Powers to search etc individuals detained under paragraph 7

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• (1) A CSO or CSV may exercise the powers set out in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) in relation to a person whom the CSO or CSV has required to wait for the arrival of a constable under paragraph 7(1) or (3) (whether or not that person makes an election under paragraph 7(4)).

• (2) If the CSO or CSV has reasonable grounds for believing that the person may present a danger to himself or herself or to others, the CSO or CSV may search the person.

• (3) If the CSO or CSV has reasonable grounds for believing that the person may have concealed on him or her anything which might be used to assist in escaping from lawful custody, the CSO or CSV may search the person for that thing.

• (4) The power conferred by sub-paragraph (2) or (3)—

• (a) does not authorise a CSO or CSV to require a person to remove any of his or her clothing in public other than an outer coat, jacket or gloves;

• (b) does authorise a search of a person's mouth.

• (5) A CSO or CSV searching a person under sub-paragraph (2) may seize and retain anything that is found, if the CSO or CSV has reasonable grounds for believing that the person searched might use it to cause physical injury to himself or herself or to any other person.

• (6) A CSO or CSV searching a person under sub-paragraph (3) may seize and retain anything that is found, other than an item subject to legal privilege, if the CSO or CSV has reasonable grounds for believing that the person might use it to assist in escaping from lawful custody.

• (7) If a CSO or CSV seizes or retains anything under sub-paragraph (5) or (6), the CSO or CSV must—

• (a) tell the person from whom it was seized where inquiries about its recovery may be made, and

• (b) comply with a constable's instructions about what to do with it.

Persons detained under paragraph 7: park trading offences

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• (1) If a CSO or CSV reasonably suspects that a person required to wait for the arrival of a constable under paragraph 7(1) has committed a park trading offence, the CSO or CSV may take possession of anything of a non-perishable nature which—

• (a) the person has in his or her possession or under his control, and

• (b) the CSO or CSV reasonably believes to have been used in the commission of the offence.

• (2) The CSO or CSV may retain possession of the thing in question for a period not exceeding 30 minutes unless the person makes an election under paragraph 7(4), in which case the CSO or CSV may retain possession of the thing in question until he or she is able to transfer control of it to a constable.

• (3) In this paragraph “park trading offence” means an offence committed in a specified park which is a park trading offence for the purposes of the Royal Parks (Trading) Act 2000.

• (4) In sub-paragraph (3), “specified park” has the same meaning as in section 162 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.

Road traffic

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A CSO or CSV has in the relevant police area the powers conferred on persons designated by regulations under section 99 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (removal of abandoned vehicles).

Power to use reasonable force

11

A CSO or CSV has power to use reasonable force—

• (a) to prevent a person whom the CSO or CSV has required under paragraph 7(1) or (3) to wait for a constable from making off, or to keep the person under control, at any time while the person is subject to the requirement;

• (b) where such a person elects under paragraph 7(4) to accompany a CSO or CSV to a police station, to prevent the person from making off, or to keep the person under control, while the person is accompanying the CSO or CSV to the police station;

• (c) where a CSO or CSV is fulfilling a duty imposed under paragraph 7(5) or (6), to prevent the person from making off (or escaping) and to keep him or her under control;

• (d) where a CSO or CSV is exercising a power conferred by paragraph 8.

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The power of a constable, under section 55(6) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, to conduct an intimate search if an officer of at least the rank of inspector considers under section 55(5) of that Act that an intimate search by a suitably qualified person is not practicable.

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Retention etc. of vehicles seized under section 59

Ministry of Defence police serving with other forces

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Food crime officers

26E

• (1) The Secretary of State may make regulations conferring functions on the Director General in relation to officers of the Food Standards Agency (the “Agency”) acting in the exercise of functions conferred on them by virtue of—

• (a) section 114C of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE powers for food crime officers), or

• (b) section 39A of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (powers for food crime officers: inferences from silence).

• (2) Regulations under this section may, in particular—

• (a) apply (with or without modifications), or make provision similar to, any provision of or made under this Part;

• (b) make provision for payment by the Agency to, or in respect of, the Office or in respect of the Director General.

• (3) The Director General and the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration may jointly investigate a matter in relation to which—

• (a) the Director General has functions by virtue of this section, and

• (b) the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration has functions by virtue of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967.

• (4) An officer of the Agency may disclose information to the Director General or to a person acting on the Director General’s behalf, for the purposes of the exercise by the Director General or by any person acting on the Director General’s behalf, of an Agency complaints function.

• (5) The Director General and the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration may disclose information to each other for the purposes of the exercise of a function—

• (a) by virtue of this section, or

• (b) under the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967.

• (6) Regulations under this section may, in particular, make—

• (a) further provision about the disclosure of information under subsection (4) or (5);

• (b) provision about the further disclosure of information that has been so disclosed.

• (7) A disclosure of information authorised by this section does not breach—

• (a) any obligation of confidence owed by the person making the disclosure, or

• (b) any other restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).

• (8) But this section does not authorise a disclosure of information that—

• (a) would contravene the data protection legislation (but in determining whether a disclosure would do so, the power conferred by this section is to be taken into account), or

• (b) is prohibited by any of Parts 1 to 7 or Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.

• (9) In this section—

• “Agency complaints function” means a function in relation to the exercise of functions by officers of the Agency;

• “data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).

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26F

• (1) The Director General and the ICRIR may enter into an agreement for the establishment, in relation to ICRIR officers, of procedures corresponding or similar to those provided for by or under this Part.

• (2) Where no such agreement is in force, the Secretary of State may by regulations establish such procedures.

• (3) An agreement under this section must not be made, varied or terminated except with the approval of the Secretary of State.

• (4) Before making regulations under this section the Secretary of State must consult—

• (a) the Director General; and

• (b) the ICRIR.

• (5) Nothing in any other statutory provision prevents the ICRIR from carrying into effect procedures established by virtue of this section.

• (6) An agreement or regulations under this section may contain provision for enabling the Director General to bring and present, or otherwise participate or intervene in, any proceedings that are identified by the agreement as disciplinary proceedings in relation to ICRIR officers.

• (7) Procedures established in accordance with an agreement under this section, or by regulations under this section, have no effect in relation to anything done outside England and Wales by any ICRIR officer.

• (8) In this section—

• “ICRIR” means the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery;

• “ICRIR officer” has the same meaning as in the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023.

26G

• (1) The Minister for the Cabinet Office (“the Minister”) may make regulations conferring functions on the Director General in relation to public sector fraud investigators acting in the exercise of functions conferred on them by section 7 of the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 (Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 powers for public sector fraud investigators).

• (2) Regulations under this section may, in particular—

• (a) apply (with or without modifications), or make provision similar to, any provision of or made under this Part;

• (b) make provision for payment by the Minister to, or in respect of, the Office or in respect of the Director General.

• (3) The Director General and the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration may jointly investigate a matter in relation to which—

• (a) the Director General has functions by virtue of this section, and

• (b) the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration has functions by virtue of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967.

• (4) The Minister may disclose information to the Director General or to a person acting on the Director General’s behalf, for the purposes of the exercise by the Director General or by any person acting on the Director General’s behalf, of a public sector fraud complaints function.

• (5) The Director General and the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration may disclose information to each other for the purposes of the exercise of a function—

• (a) by virtue of this section, or

• (b) under the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967.

• (6) Regulations under this section may, in particular, make—

• (a) further provision about the disclosure of information under subsection (4) or (5);

• (b) provision about the further disclosure of information that has been so disclosed.

• (7) A disclosure of information authorised by or under this section does not breach—

• (a) any obligation of confidence owed by the person making the disclosure, or

• (b) any other restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).

• (8) No provision made by or under this section authorises a disclosure of information that is prohibited by any of Parts 1 to 7 or Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.

• (9) In this section—

• “public sector fraud complaints function” means a function in relation to the exercise of functions conferred by section 7 of the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025;

• “public sector fraud investigator” means an authorised investigator within the meaning given by section 7 of that Act.

26H

• (1) The Secretary of State may make regulations conferring functions on the Director General in relation to DWP investigators acting in the exercise of functions conferred on them by section 109D of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 powers for DWP investigators).

• (2) Regulations under this section may, in particular—

• (a) apply (with or without modifications), or make provision similar to, any provision of or made under this Part;

• (b) make provision for payment by the Secretary of State to, or in respect of, the Office or in respect of the Director General.

• (3) The Director General and the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration may jointly investigate a matter in relation to which—

• (a) the Director General has functions by virtue of this section, and

• (b) the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration has functions by virtue of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967.

• (4) The Secretary of State may disclose information to the Director General or to a person acting on the Director General’s behalf, for the purposes of the exercise, by the Director General or by any person acting on the Director General’s behalf, of a DWP complaints function.

• (5) The Director General and the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration may disclose information to each other for the purposes of the exercise of a function—

• (a) by virtue of this section, or

• (b) under the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967.

• (6) Regulations under this section may, in particular, make—

• (a) further provision about the disclosure of information under subsection (4) or (5);

• (b) provision about the further disclosure of information that has been so disclosed.

• (7) A disclosure of information authorised by or under this section does not breach—

• (a) any obligation of confidence owed by the person making the disclosure, or

• (b) any other restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).

• (8) No provision made by or under this section authorises a disclosure of information that is prohibited by any of Parts 1 to 7 or Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.

• (9) In this section—

• “DWP complaints function” means a function in relation to the exercise of functions conferred by section 109D of the Social Security Administration Act 1992;

• “DWP investigator” means an authorised investigator within the meaning given by section 109D of that Act.

26CA

• (1) The Secretary of State may make regulations conferring functions on the Director General in relation to enforcement officers acting in the exercise of functions conferred on them by virtue of section 114B of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.

• (2) In this section “enforcement officer” means a person appointed by the Secretary of State under section 90 of the Employment Rights Act 2025.

• (3) Regulations under this section may, in particular—

• (a) apply (with or without modifications), or make provision similar to, any provision of or made under this Part;

• (b) make provision for payment by the Secretary of State to, or in respect of, the Office or in respect of the Director General.

• (4) The Director General and the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration may jointly investigate a matter in relation to which—

• (a) the Director General has functions by virtue of this section, and

• (b) the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration has functions by virtue of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967.

• (5) The Secretary of State or an enforcement officer may disclose information to the Director General, or to a person acting on the Director General’s behalf, for the purposes of the exercise by the Director General, or by any person acting on the Director General’s behalf, of a relevant complaints function.

• (6) The Director General and the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration may disclose information to each other for the purposes of the exercise of a function—

• (a) by virtue of this section, or

• (b) under the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967.

• (7) Regulations under this section may, in particular, make—

• (a) further provision about the disclosure of information under subsection (5) or (6);

• (b) provision about the further disclosure of information that has been so disclosed.

• (8) A disclosure of information authorised by this section does not breach—

• (a) any obligation of confidence owed by the person making the disclosure, or

• (b) any other restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).

• (9) But this section does not authorise a disclosure of information that—

• (a) would contravene the data protection legislation (but in determining whether a disclosure would do so, the power conferred by this section is to be taken into account), or

• (b) is prohibited by any of Parts 1 to 7 or Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.

• (10) In this section—

• “the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act);

• “relevant complaints function” means a function in relation to the exercise of functions by enforcement officers.