54 PACE etc powers for food crime officers
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (2022 c 32) | Legislation

54  PACE etc powers for food crime officers

(1)     In the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, after section 114B insert—

“114C Power to apply Act to food crime officers

(1)     The Secretary of State may by regulations apply any provision of this Act which relates to investigations of offences conducted by police officers to investigations of offences conducted by food crime officers.

(2)     The regulations may apply provisions of this Act with any modifications specified in the regulations.

(3)     In this section “food crime officer” means an officer of the Food Standards Agency who—

(a)     is acting for the purposes of the performance by the Food Standards Agency of its functions under the Food Standards Act 1999 or any other enactment (including functions relating to the investigation of offences), and

(b)     is authorised (whether generally or specifically) by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section.

(4)     The investigations for the purposes of which provisions of this Act may be applied by regulations under this section include investigations of offences committed, or suspected of having been committed, before the coming into force of the regulations or of this section.

(5)     Regulations under this section are

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