(1) This section applies to force collaboration provision, contained in a collaboration agreement, which is about the discharge of functions by persons designated under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (“designated persons”) by the chief officer of one police force (the “assisting force”) for the purposes of another police force (the “assisted force”).
(2) The force collaboration provision must specify—
(a) the functions which the designated persons are permitted by the collaboration agreement to discharge for the purposes of the assisted force, and
(b) any restrictions or conditions on that permission for the designated persons to discharge those functions.
(3) The force collaboration provision must not permit the designated persons to discharge functions for the purposes of the assisted force unless those persons are, by virtue of the relevant section 38 designation, authorised to discharge those functions for the purposes of the assisting force.
(4) The force collaboration provision does not authorise the designated persons to discharge functions for the purposes of the assisted force (but see section 38B of the Police Reform Act 2002).
(5) References in this section to the discharge of functions by persons designated under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002 by the chief officer of the assisting force for the purposes of the assisted force include references to—
(a) the joint discharge of functions by the designated persons and members of the assisted police force,
(b) the discharge of functions by the designated persons in the assisted force's area, and
(c) the provision of the designated persons to the assisted force.
(6) In this section—
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“relevant section 38 designation”, in relation to a designated person, means the section 38 designation relating to the person;
“section 38 designation” means a designation under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002.